EIGHTH KHANDA.

1. 'The altar is woman, O Gautama .

2. 'On that altar the Devas (pranas) offer seed, From that oblation rises the germ.

Footnotes

^79:2 Tasya upastha eva samid, yad upamantrayate sa dhumo, yonir arkir, yad antah karoti te 'ngara abhinanda vishphulingah.