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Middling nails, which contain the properties of both the above kinds, belong to the people of the
Maharashtra.
When a person presses the chin, the breasts, the lower lip, or the jaghana of another so softly that no
scratch or mark is left, but only the hair on the body becomes erect from the touch of the nails, and
the nails themselves make a sound, it is called a `sounding or pressing with the nails'.
This pressing is used in the case of a young girl when her lover shampoos her, scratches her head,
and wants to trouble or frighten her.
The curved mark with the nails, which is impressed on the neck and the breasts, is called the `half
moon'.
When the half moons are impressed opposite to each other, it is called a `circle'. This mark with the
nails is generally made on the navel, the small cavities about the buttocks, and on the joints of the
thigh.
A mark in the form of a small line, and which can be made on any part of the body, is called a `line'.
This same line, when it is curved, and made on the breast, is called a `tiger's nail'.
When a curved mark is made on the breast by means of the five nails, it is called a `peacock's foot'.
This mark is made with the object of being praised, for it requires a great deal of skill to make it
properly.
When five marks with the nails are made close to one another near the nipple of the breast, it is
called `the jump of a hare'.
A mark made on the breast or on the hips in the form of a leaf of the blue lotus is called the `leaf of
a blue lotus'.
When a person is going on a journey, and makes a mark on the thighs, or on the breast, it is called a
`token of remembrance'. On such an occasion three or four lines are impressed close to one another
with the nails.
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