Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

1: The Book of the Ones

1. Obsession of the Mind - 3

1"Bhikkhus, I do not see even one other odour that so obsesses the mind of a man as the odour of a woman. The odour of a woman obsesses the mind of a man." [n.18] Mp: “The bodily odor of a woman is foul (duggandha), but what is intended here is the odor that comes from her body due to ointments, etc.”

1"Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekagandhampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, itthigandho. Itthigandho, bhikkhave, purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī"ti.


Tatiyaṁ.

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