[INDOLOGY] Kept women?

[Krishnaprasad G]

Can you please send me the full verse or line?

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Walter Slaje via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

>
> Dear Martin,
>
> this sounds like a variant expression for avaruddhā (strī) /
> avaruddhastrī. The latter is explained in Olivelle's Dictionary (2015) as
> a "mistress or concubine in the exclusive keeping of one individual until
> his death". Avaruddhā is an old and quite common term for women kept in a
> harem (avarodha), testified as orodhā also in Pāli texts. Closest to your
> "dhṛtastrī" seems to come "dhṛtā" ("a concubine"). Evidence to be found
> in Jaina texts: B. J. Sandesara, Lexicographical Studies in „Jaina
> Sanskrit“. *Journal of the Oriental Institute Baroda* 9.4 (1960): 60.
> A cheerful read: David Smith, „One man and many women: some notes on the
> harem in mainly ancient and medieval India from sundry perspectives.“ In: *Cracow
> Indological Studies* 14 (2012), S. 1-16.
>
> Best wishes,
> Walter
>
> 2017-02-13 17:18 GMT+01:00 Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> In an astrological text I have come across several instances of the
>> compounds *dhṛtastrī* and *dhṛtabhāryā*, which are new to me and which I
>> have been unable to find in dictionaries. From the context it seems
>> possible that the phrases could refer to a mistress, quite literally a
>> 'kept woman'. Can anyone confirm or correct this suspicion?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Martin Gansten
>>
>>
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