hastinI 1 A female elephant. 2 A kind of drug and perfume. 3 A woman of a particular class, one of the four classes into which writers on erotical science divide women ( pb ) (described as having thick lips, thick hips, thick fingers, large breasts, dark complexion, and libidinous appetite); the Ratimañjarī thus describes her: — sTUlADarA sTUlanitaMbabiMbA sTUlAMguliH sTUlakucA suSIlA . kAmotsukA gAQaratipriyA ca nitAMtaBoktrI (nitaMbaKarvA) Kalu hastinI syAt ( kariRI matA sA ) 8