[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934) › v2.c19.s2.t2.69 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.69 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.69 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.t2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.69) "To give up food and apparel, and lie about in the porches of temples, is the fate written for \*their sins\* in the foreheads of monks: what would they be worse for familiarity with women?"¹ "After going through all his studies, and attaining consummate wisdom, after making nothing of divinity, the \*moment he sees a fair woman he forgets all his sanctity\*."² - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.t2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.68) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.t2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.70) - [Up: v2.c19.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.69) · Pramāṇa