[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.c20.43 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.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. - [Previous: v2.c20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.42) - [Next: v2.c20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.44) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.43) · Pramāṇa