[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.c13.97 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.97 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.97 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.97) ³ So certainly is yakṣarūpa to be taken here; for that Çikhaṇḍinī took over the Yaksha’s form is out of the question. Rūpa = cihna, mark, token, first mark, forewarning is a good Epic usage (ii, 80.9, 27; iii, 155.8; iv, 39.7; v, 73.39; vi, 3.65 ff.; vii, 192.14; xii, 102.8 ff.; 228.1). Also it = symbolic action, bearing (ii, 80.9, cp. with 80.24). - [Previous: v2.c13.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.96) - [Next: v2.c13.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.98) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.155.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.97) · Pramāṇa