Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.2

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v1.c8.2

¹ “Mankind is made old (is worn down) by care, the warrior by fetters, woman by a life without coition, and clothes by the glow of fire.” Thus a saying of Cāṇakya. See Kressler, *Stimmen indischer Lebensklugheit*, Leipzig, 1907, p. 159; cp. Garuḍapur., 115.10; Rām., iv, 35.9; etc.

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit
Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit