[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.c17.53 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.53 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.53 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.53) rounded and not hairy; my teeth are close-set; my temples, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, and thighs are well-proportioned, and have a fitting fulness. My fingers have gradually rounded nails, they are smooth and well-proportioned. My breasts show no gap between, swell up plumply, and have the nipples set deep; my navel is well sunk and (at the edges) raised up; my side and my breast are hard and well-filled. My colour is like the precious stone,¹ and the hairs on my body are soft. I stand firm on my twelve (the ten toes and the two soles). So am I called a woman with lucky bodily shapes" (vi, 48.7 ff.). Cp. K, iv, 20.32 ff. - [Previous: v2.c17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.52) - [Next: v2.c17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.54) - [Up: v2.c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.48.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.53) · Pramāṇa