[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.c19.33 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.33 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.33 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.33) ¹ Vyāghrāghrāta. So far as I remember, āghrā is found in this peculiar usage only with the tiger. According to the lexicographers and the commentators (e.g. Mālatīmādhava, v, 29) it means “ to catch hold of ” (grih). But I think that it has, at least originally, the meaning “ to follow the scent of, to follow after ”. So we read in MBh., vii, 128.9 : “ Thy followers in the battle ran away, like gazelles scented (tracked) by the tiger.” It cannot mean “ caught hold of ” there. - [Previous: v2.c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.32) - [Next: v2.c19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.34) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.128.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.33) · Pramāṇa