Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.81

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It is, of course, above all through her beauty that woman carries the day: "The might of the king is his station as ruler, the might of the theologian is holy knowledge; beauty, youth, and charm is the incomparable might of women." He whose own good lies near to his heart, let him draw nigh with frankness to those that are mighty through these powers, for here the want of it leads to destruction (xii, 320.73 f.).¹