[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.c11.140 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.140 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.140 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.140) ² Cp. R. Schmidt, \*Ind. Erotik\*, 190-193. The Gaṅgā rushing down from the sky, likewise is seen as a tipsy woman (iii, 109.10). Cp. e.g. iii, 187.44. Even the so-called lifeless Nature feels the spell of intoxicants on lovely lips; according to Indian poetic convention, the bakula (or kesava) cannot bloom unless its stem has been besprinkled with such moisture from the mouth of a young and pretty woman (e.g. Raghuv., ix, 33; xix, 12; Lokaprakāça, \*Ind. Stud.\*, vol. 18, - [Previous: v2.c11.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.139) - [Next: v2.c11.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.141) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.109.10) — Sanskrit - [Raghuvaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.raghuvamsa-works.raghuvamsa.9.33) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.140) · Pramāṇa