[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.c19.111 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.111 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.111 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.111) ¹ = Manu, ii, 214. Women's love is the intoxicating draught of the three worlds; but while wine only clouds when it is drunk, woman robs the understanding, if she is but looked on; and so she has infatuated the highest of the gods and wise men. Agnipur., 372.12-14. Woman is the fire, man the butter, which is bound to melt from the fire, if it comes near it. Bhāgavatapur., vii, 12.9. Therefore a man shall not be alone even with mother, sister, or daughter; for the senses are all too strong. Manu, ii, 215; Bhāgavatapur., ix, 19.17. This is still the view to-day in India (Dubois-Beauchamp ³, p. 131). And so on indefinitely, all bearing witness to the weakness—of the man. - [Previous: v2.c19.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.110) - [Next: v2.c19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.112) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.7.12.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.214) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.111) · Pramāṇa