[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.c8.89 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.89 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.89 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.89) overwhelmed¹ in sleep, then let him whisper in his soul thrice the prayer that cleanses sin away.² Thus will the wise man burn up the evil that is the inward passion, through his ever ready manas³ bound up with knowledge." - [Previous: v1.c8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.88) - [Next: v1.c8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.90) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c8.89) · Pramāṇa