[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.c5.50 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.50 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.50 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.50) Then came thither Yayāti, Nahusha’s son, with a wearied team, and wearied horses, hunting after game, and athirst. Nahusha’s son saw the waterless well and saw this maiden in it, like a flame of fire. And when he had seen her he asked the maiden, who was like a goddess, he the best among princes asked her, as he reassured her with most sweet and soft words: “Who art thou, fair maid, with the red nails and shining jewels and ear-rings?³ Long and over-much hast thou been given up to gloomy thoughts. And wherefore dost thou torture - [Previous: v1.c5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.49) - [Next: v1.c5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.51) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.50) · Pramāṇa