stock phrase about women?

[Richard MAHONEY]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 02:59:40PM -0500, Allen W Thrasher wrote:

[snip]

> I had another idea that seems very improbable to me but which
> perhaps should be put down to be rejected.  Could vraNa 'wound'
> figuratively refer to the vulva, as in English taboo 'gash'?

[snip]

> From Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Version: 0.1a_8. [mw]:

  strIvraNa
     3[ str'I-vraNa ] m. the female organ Kpr.


Best regards,

 Richard MAHONEY


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