[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.c8.2 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.2 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.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. - [Previous: v1.c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.1) - [Next: v1.c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.3) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.4.35.9) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.2) · Pramāṇa