[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.c18.29 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.29 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.29 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.29) ¹ Since the sabhā (hall) here also, as with King Virāṭa, serves both as gaming-house and as court of justice, the “lords of the hall” (sabhya, sabhāsada, cp. sabhāsṭāra = akṣātivapāka) are here also both judicial assessors and gaming-fellows of the ruler. Indeed, the words in question have even the meaning of master or owner of a gaming-house. Cp. iv, 1.24; 16.32 ff., 43; 70.4, 18, 28. - [Previous: v2.c18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.28) - [Next: v2.c18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.30) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.4.1.24) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.29) · Pramāṇa