Samudrika Lakshana - 3

Tamils classified women in to seven categories according to their age:

Pethai,
Pethumbai,
Mangai,
Matanthai,
Arivai,
Therivai and
Perilam Pen,

starting from age 5 and finishing with 40.

Probably they called over forty women with a general term like “woman”. Sanskrit book Rati Rahasya went one step further and classified women into four categories on the basis of psycho-physical aspects:

Padmini,
Chitrini,
Shankini and
Hastini.

Many books were written until 12th century giving more information about women’s body features. All these show serious research was done in these areas by Hindus.