[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.c17.41 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.41 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.41 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.41) ¹ Sounds somewhat strange. Is perhaps īkṣaṇalakṣmaṇām “having the eyes as moon-spots”, one of the many Prakrit forms in the Epic, to be read? The text means literally: “in its smile (through its smile) like unto moonshine.” A somewhat smoother reading would be smitam. In the following half-śloka vṛtam instead of vṛttam is probably right, though “round, with heavenly beams” would also do. - [Previous: v2.c17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.40) - [Next: v2.c17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.42) - [Up: v2.c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.41) · Pramāṇa