[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.c11.165 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.165 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.165 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.165) ¹ This is still truer of the man : he is generally the more loved by women, the less he deserves it. Leminkäinen, the merry bully, drunkard, and woman-hunter of the Kalevala is everywhere the cock of the walk with the hens fluttering and clucking around him in love; the wise and noble Wäinämöinen, bringing happiness to mankind, can only speak of ill-luck in love. - [Previous: v2.c11.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.164) - [Next: v2.c11.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.166) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.165) · Pramāṇa