[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.c21.83 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.83 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.83 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c21.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.83) He goes on to say: Even the pattern of a good wife, Arundhatī, did angrily suspect her noble, faithful husband, Vasisṭha, one who was wholly pure, and thought only of what was for her good and dear to her; therefore she now twinkles down as though with but one eye, the other being shut like that of one taking aim, smoky-red, ugly, and only slightly to be seen (nimittam iva paçyati; nimitta probably here means: (1) target in shooting; (2) mark, proof, of the husband's wrong-doing, for which she keeps a sharp look-out. MBh., i, 233.27 ff.). Arundhati is the small, weak star Alcor, Vasisṭha one of the seven Ṛishis that make up the Great Bear. - [Previous: v2.c21.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.82) - [Next: v2.c21.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.84) - [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.1.233.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.83) · Pramāṇa