[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915) › v1.c5.359 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.359 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.359 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.359) ¹ Bābhūvur anatigrāhyā yoshitaç chandataḥ kila. More exactly, that is to say : freed from encroachments. I take the word as = avinigrāhya. “Not to be outdone in their sexual longing” (according to a meaning given by Pāṇini) would not go well here. - [Previous: v1.c5.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.358) - [Next: v1.c5.360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.360) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.359) · Pramāṇa