[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.c6.18 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.18 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.18 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.18) ⁴ As the ass, indeed in the East is often a big, fine, nimble beast, so in the Indian Epic, too, he is usually looked on as swift and valuable (i, 144.7, 18; ii, 51.19, 20, 25; xiii, 27.9; Rām., ii, 70.23). The mule, especially the she-mule is seen as being still swifter and more highly prized (i, 221.48; iii, 192.51; v, 86.12; viii, 38.5 ff.; xiii, 66.3; 93.31; 103.10; 118.13 ff.). A chariot harnessed to especially swift she-mules travels fourteen yojanas a day (v, 86.12). The "Epic" yojana, therefore, cannot be either 9 or 10 or 7½ English miles, but probably only about 2 to 3 (hardly 4 or 5). Cp. note 5 in my \*Twice Told Tales\* (Chicago, 1903). - [Previous: v1.c6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.17) - [Next: v1.c6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.19) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.18) · Pramāṇa