[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.c11.157 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.157 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.157 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.157) Give thyself up to kāma, take thy joy with women In fair garb and ornament, and sweet to behold, With young women loosed with the madness of drink; For kāma, O king, for us is greatest of all.” 1 - [Previous: v2.c11.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.156) - [Next: v2.c11.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.158) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.157) · Pramāṇa