If a man is unable to satisfy a Hastini, or elephant
woman, he should have recourse to various means to excite her passion.
At the commencement he should rub her yoni with his hand or fingers, and
not begin to have intercourse with her until she becomes excited or experiences
pleasure. This is one way of
exciting a woman. Or, he may make
use of certain Apadravyas, or things that are put on or around the lingam to
supplement its length or its thickness, so as to fit it to the yoni.
In the opinion of Babhravya, these Apadravyas should be made of gold,
silver, copper, iron, ivory, buffalo’s horn, various kinds of woods, tin or
lead, and should be soft, cool, provocative of sexual vigour, and well fitted to
serve the intended purpose. Vasysyana,
however, says that they may be made according to the natural like of each
individual.
The
following are the different kind of Apadravyas: the ‘armlet’ (Valaya) should
be of the same size as the lingam, and should have its outer surface made rough
with globules; the ‘couple’ (Sanghati) is formed of two armlets; the
‘bracelet’ (Chudaka) is made by joining three or more armlets, until they
come up to the required length of the lingam; the ‘single bracelet’ is
formed by wrapping a single wire around the lingam, according to its dimensions;
the Kantukas or Jalaka is a tube open at both ends, outwardly rough and studded
with soft globules, and made to fit the side of the yoni, and tied to the waist.
When
such a thing cannot be obtained, then a tube made of the wood apple, or tubular
stalk of the bottle gourd, or a reed made soft with oil and extracts of plants,
and tied to the waist with strings may be made use of, as also a row of soft
pieces of wood tied together.