01-14-2009, 10:43 AM
dhu, that is of course very unambiguousely attested by traditional continuity too. In old as well as later literature you see words that very unambiguosely identify female with the functions related to milk and breast. One of the terms in poetical saMskR^ita for a woman of course is payodharI or its derivatives: paya means milk/drink and dhara means keeping/bearing.