[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.c21.6 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.6 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.6 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.6) P. 19, l. 8 from end. Devayānī says: "Thy semblance is like a king's, and yet thou speakest the speech of the Brahmans." In his mouth, then, this speech is something unusual. Devayānī's ill-humoured words are made easier to understand in K.: There in several çlokas he praises the wonderful loveliness of Çarmiṣṭhā, and declares that D.'s charms are not to be compared with those of her slave-girl (75.14-17). Here çl. 24 betrays to us that Yayāti's secret reason in rejecting D. is that he wants Ç. for his wife. - [Previous: v2.c21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.5) - [Next: v2.c21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.7) - [Up: v2.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.6) · Pramāṇa