[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.c11.146 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.146 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.146 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.146) When Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa, went to that lotus-lake (Pampā) filled with day-lotuses and blue lotus-flowers, he bewailed himself with mind awhirl. Scarce had he seen it but his senses quivered for joyful excitement; fallen under the power of the love god, he spoke these words to the son of Sumitrā: ‘Son of Sumitrā, Pampā is shining with its water clear as the cat's-eye jewel, with its wealth of blooming day-lotuses and blue lotus-flowers, adorned with trees of many kinds. Son of Sumitrā, behold the grove of Pampā, so glorious to see, - [Previous: v2.c11.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.145) - [Next: v2.c11.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.147) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.146) · Pramāṇa