"The nymph Urvasi loved Pururavas, the son of Ida. When she wedded him, she said, ‘Thrice a day thou shalt embrace me; but do not lie with me against my will, and let me not see thee naked, for such is the way to behave to us women.’"
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Satapatha Brahmana XI.5.1, as translated by Julius Eggeling [1903(1963): 68-74] quoted in Is There Vedic Evidence for the Indo-Aryan Immigration to India? By V. Agarwal
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