Quoted By:
Ancient India:
fl. 5th century BC: Bhartṛhari
>A firm bosom; sparkling eyes; a small mouth [...] are characteristics of a woman which are always praised. But when we neglect the surface we find that the internal characteristics corresponding to these are hardness of heart, shifty eyes, a deceitful face, insecurity and cunning. When we bear in mind both the superficial and inward characteristics of a woman, we must declare that the one who should possess them can be dear only to the beasts of the field.
—The Vairagya Sataka
>A woman talks to one man, looks at a second, and thinks of a third.
—The Sringa Sataka
>Woman is the chain by which man is attached to the chariot of folly. Ibid
Circa 5th century BC: Acharanga Sutra
>"The world is overpowered by women (it has become their slave). O man! They (the slaves of women) say—"woman is the source of pleasure." This concept is the cause of grief and is instrumental in his (man's) passage through fondness, death, hell and rebirth as animals (reincarnation)."
—Acharanga Sutra, Book I
