The story is in the Sanskrit epic Dasakumaracharita, written by Dandi Many consider Dandi to be from the eighth century CE The story captures the social image of India at that time One, the marriage of boys and girls was happening in their youth Two, food was cheap Shaktikumar, the hero of the story, was eighteen.

Shaktikumar, a young man from Kanchinagar in the Dravidian country A businessman's son Eighteen He was about to get married He wanted a wife Shaktikumar thought that it would be very sad on the foreheads of those who had no wife and those who did not have a wife Others brought a wife.

Shaktikumar himself went out to find a suitable wife in the guise of a courtesan He took one and a half kilograms of rice tied to his clothes People used to greet him and judge him for his sweetness Shaktikumar used to make a sweet dish of rice with the bridegroom's daughter when he saw her.

But no one would listen to him Shaktikumar's proposal was turned down.

Shaktikumar, who was on a tour of various places, one day appeared at the camp on the south bank of the Kaveri River There his midwife brought him the symptoms of an orphan girl from a poor house The girl's name was Gomini Medium build Skin smooth Finger inside red.

Palms barley, fish, kalis, etc Marshes Small but deep navel and some of them low Three clear lines on the belly Breast joint throughout the chest, the lower part of which is large and the trunk is high Nails are shiny like beads Fingers are straight and copper-coloured, tip is narrow.

The throat is round like a conch shell The face is like a lotus The middle part of the lips is round White teeth Curved eyebrows like a bow Half-bloomed nose Dark blue eyes Half-moon like forehead Thick blue hair from the tip Shaktikumara's eyes are all that glitter in Shaktikumara's eyes.

Shaktikumar liked Gomini He did not want to lose this daughter, lest he regret it for the rest of his life Shaktikumar asked Gomini if he could arrange a good meal with the 1 5 kg of rice he had brought with him Gomini pointedly asked her to take the rice.

The midwife gave her a sack of rice from Shaktikumar and gave her water to wash her feet and set it in a secluded place near the door Gomini got busy with the rice She first crushed the rice with her feet, then stirred it in the sun Then she beat it with a spoon and took the rice out of the rice.

She put the rice away The midwife handed the rice to her mother and sold it to a butcher She asked her to bring the earthen pots, the wood, and two sacks.

Meanwhile, Arjuna placed the rice grains in a wooden box and began to grind them with a wooden spoon Then he shook the rice with a spoon and separated the grains from the rice Then he washed the rice grains thoroughly in water Then he boiled them in five times the heat of the rice.

The rice was cooked This time Gomini extinguished the heat and covered the lid of the pot with rice flour Then she sprinkled water on the half-burnt logs This time she sent the grains to the midwife to be sold She said, "Buy vegetables, ghee, curd, oil, amla and tamarind.

" When they arrived, Gomini cooked two or three curries.

Gomini then asked Shaktikumar to take a bath with the midwife She gave him oil and amla paste Amla was used as soap Shaktikumar took a bath with them Shaktikumar then sat down to eat in a clean place Shaktikumar was allowed to cut leaves from a banana tree in the courtyard.

Shaktikumar was first served rice water He was tired of the way He ate two handfuls of rice with curry Then he ate rice with cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, curd, ghol and amani (rice water) Shaktikumar finally saturated himself with rice At the end, cold water mixed with lotus flowers was given to him.

Shaktikumar quenched his thirst by drinking water Gomini then gave him water to wash his hands.

As Shaktikumara rose to wash her hands and face, the midwife wiped the place with cow dung Shaktikumara lay there in the northern bed and slept for a while Shaktikumara then married Gomini The two were having a good time But after a while, tragedy struck Shaktikumara fell into the trap of a courtesan and started to ignore Gomini.

But Gomini had no control over her Gomini began to treat the courtesan like a beloved friend Gomini appeased her husband's relatives with service Shaktikumara finally broke the pact Shaktikumara killed Gomini She was again in the house.