[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.c19.50 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.50 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.50 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.50) ² That is, he permeated her with his mind, so that the guiding activity (“the bridle”) which goes forth to every limb no longer came in her case from her own mind, but from his : her eyes were governed by the power of his mind which was directed to the control of his own eyes; in the same way her sexual parts and her mouth were under the government of the corresponding activities of his mind. “Bridle” is better than “beam” for the reason that raçmim raçmibhiḥ stands on the same footing with lakṣaṇam lakṣaṇena, etc. Cp. xii, 320.17, where the translation should be the same. - [Previous: v2.c19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.49) - [Next: v2.c19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.51) - [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.12.320.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.50) · Pramāṇa