[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) › v2.c10.31 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c10.31 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c10.31 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.31) XX.—THE WORTH AND NATURE OF WOMAN \*a.\* “Honour women,” who are the springs of happiness . 495 \*b.\* Woman is the essence of all evil . . . 496 \*c.\* Is insatiable in the joys of love, and always unchaste . 497 \*d.\* Is full of falsehood and trickery . . . 499 \*e.\* Bad women are made that heaven shall not be over-filled 499 \*f.\* Woman is changeable, does not love at all, etc. . 500 - [Previous: v2.c10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.30) - [Next: v2.c10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.32) - [Up: v2.c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.31) · Pramāṇa