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Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.43

Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.43

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v2.c20.43

² Strijanasya gatiḥ parā. Gaur yām gacchati, sucroṇi, lokeshv eshā gatiḥ sadā. The dictionaries do not give this meaning for go, but refer to “ mother ” given by Indian lexicographers. The meaning in that case would come to the same thing exactly. Nil. has another meaning for the passage. With this thought compare : “ Les hommes font les lois, les femmes font les mœurs.” Comte de Ségur in Les Femmes, leur condition, etc.