[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.c19.39 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.39 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.39 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.39) ¹ When the Pāṇḍavas come on a visit to their cousins to play dice, they are sung to sleep by women (ii, 58.36). The king is, indeed, always to go to bed and to rise to the sound of music. Kauṭilya, transl., 47.14 ff.; MBh., i, 218.14; ii, 5.86; v, 94.6 ff.; Yājñav., i, 330. His person is so precious and so exposed to danger; but music drives away magical evil; indeed, the knowledge of music leads to redemption. Yājñav., iii, 115 f. - [Previous: v2.c19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.38) - [Next: v2.c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.40) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (3) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.330) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.58.36) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.39) · Pramāṇa