[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.c11.155 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.155 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.155 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.155) ¹ It is the flower that blooms from them; they are both only practised to win the gifts of kāma. But the literal translation is perhaps: "As butter is better than sour milk, so is kāma better than artha and dharma." - [Previous: v2.c11.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.154) - [Next: v2.c11.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.156) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.155) · Pramāṇa