[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.c20.103 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.103 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.103 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.103) (I) A youth grows up in utter innocence; in particular he knows nothing about women. But so soon as he sees the first female being he feels himself powerfully drawn to her. In spite of his father (or: his teacher) warning him that such beings are fiends leading on to perdition, he gives himself to a sweet demon of this kind. - [Previous: v2.c20.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.102) - [Next: v2.c20.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.104) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.103) · Pramāṇa