[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.c21.75 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.75 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.75 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c21.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.75) P. 431. So, too, to Iseult one who likewise is not in love with her says: “As this day raises daylight from the dead Might not this face the life of a dead man?” Swinburne, “Tristram of Lyonesse,” Poems, Lond., 1904, p. 20.—In K. several verses have been interpolated which explain v, 116.2 ff., and give further happiness-bringing charms of woman. We find: the two hips, the forehead, the thighs, and the nose—these six arched (unnata, 116.3). On the other hand strophe 7 states: chest, neighbourhood of the girdle (kaksha, that is, probably, hips, pubic region, and buttocks), nails, nose, shoulders, and the region between them (or: loins? amsatrika)—these are the six unnata. According to str. 6 these must be long: jaws, eyes, arms, thighs, nose. - [Previous: v2.c21.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.74) - [Next: v2.c21.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.76) - [Up: v2.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.116.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.75) · Pramāṇa