[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.c19.104 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.104 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.104 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.104) ² It is, however, in general laid down of woman that she never really loves. See Samayamātṛikā, p. xlv ; Sūtraḳṛitāṅga, i, 4, chap. 1, v, 24. If one wished to give parallels only from Indian literature for the badness, especially the lustfulness, of women, it would make a whole book. A small collection will be found e.g. in Hitopadeça, ed. Max Müller, i, \*strophe\* 109-120. - [Previous: v2.c19.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.103) - [Next: v2.c19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.105) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Samayamātṛkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit - [Sūyagaḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.2) — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.104) · Pramāṇa