Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 37 | I decided, if worse came to worst, that I could always go to a simple Paga Tavern where, if those of Tharna resembled those of Ko-ro-ba and Ar, one might, curled in a rug behind the low tables, unobtrusively spend the night for the price of a pot of paga, a strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter. |
| 9 | 38 | The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother. |
| 9 | 39 | Paga is a corruption of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which means Pleasure of the Life-Daughter. |
| 9 | 40 | It was customary to find diversions other than paga in the Paga Taverns, as well, but in gray Tharna the cymbals, drums and flutes of the musicians, the clashing of bangles on the ankles of dancing girls would be unfamiliar sounds. |
| 9 | 41 | I stopped one of the anonymous, gray-robed figures hurrying through the wet, cold dusk. |
| 9 | 42 | "Man of Tharna," I asked, "where can I find an inn?" "There are no inns in Tharna," said the man, looking at me closely. |
| 9 | 43 | "You are a stranger," he said. |
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I decided, if worse came to worst, that I could always go to a simple Paga Tavern where, if those of Tharna resembled those of Ko-ro-ba and Ar, one might, curled in a rug behind the low tables, unobtrusively spend the night for the price of a pot of paga, a strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter.
The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother.
Paga is a corruption of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which means Pleasure of the Life-Daughter.
It was customary to find diversions other than paga in the Paga Taverns, as well, but in gray Tharna the cymbals, drums and flutes of the musicians, the clashing of bangles on the ankles of dancing girls would be unfamiliar sounds.
I stopped one of the anonymous, gray-robed figures hurrying through the wet, cold dusk.
"Man of Tharna," I asked, "where can I find an inn?" "There are no inns in Tharna," said the man, looking at me closely.
"You are a stranger," he said.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )