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An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering
षष्ठ्यष्टमी ह्यमावास्या तुभयत्र चतुर्दशी ।। मैथुनं नाभिसेवेत द्वादश्यां च तथा प्रिये
ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamī hy amāvāsyā tūbhayatra caturdaśī || maithunaṃ nābhiseveta dvādaśyāṃ ca tathā priye
En el sexto y el octavo día lunar, en el día de amāvāsyā (luna nueva) y en el decimocuarto día en ambas quincenas (creciente y menguante), no debe practicarse el coito; y asimismo en el duodécimo día, oh amada.
Varāha
It reflects a common Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra pattern of regulating household conduct by lunar calendar observances (tithi-based discipline).
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Practicing restraint on specified lunar days as part of a disciplined religious-ethical regimen.
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