[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.c17.54 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.54 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.54 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.54) ¹ Maṇi. MBh., vi, 106.61 forms a commentary. There the, as is well known, very dark Kṛiṣhṇa is called maṇiçyāma, "black as the maṇi"; and Nil. says there that maṇi = indranīla (sapphire). See also v, 94.52; xii, 45.14. - [Previous: v2.c17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.53) - [Next: v2.c17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.55) - [Up: v2.c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.106.61) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.54) · Pramāṇa