Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.141

v2.c11.141

And indeed the woman drinks, must drink, and looks so delightful under the effects of intoxicating drink, because by it love is helped, as, too, the Indians often say. The Epic also often hints at this, or lays stress on it. Here we give only one or two passages. Woman easily becomes shy and ashamed, but under the effects of drink, she puts her arms round her beloved (xi, 20.7 ; cp. xii, 167.38 ; Rām., iv, 1.85).¹