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A woman who is submissive vashya: in this context, it refers to a woman who is devoted or easily captivated, virtuous, and beloved of the earth is obtained by those [men]...
4 From the independent nature of her essence... attached everywhere...
...in the battle... raised/offered... tasyahavaprahaddhatayatayadyadyavan-tah?
5 Of him, the bowed and stable-named one, with long eyes...
Who... the king... the edge of the sword in hand...
6 The ocean original: "makarakara" — literally "the shape of a sea-monster," a poetic term for the ocean, the excellent body... destroying enemies...
...rare in times of difficulty, and of beautiful fortune original: "subhagam bhagam" — playing on the double meaning of "bhaga" as both the female organ and general good fortune/splendor.
7 Resembling saffron kumkuma: a reddish-orange powder used for cosmetics and ritual markings, signifying health and auspiciousness, which...
...on the right side... situated within...
8 iti bhaga-lakshanam: Thus ends the characteristics of the female organ. From the scent of the bodily humors dhatu: the fundamental biological tissues or elements of the body in Indian medicine...
A woman... would be... done in the outer city...
...if she lived... from the scent of the stars...
A virtuous woman, beloved of the earth, with the scent of vermilion?