Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.117

v1.c5.117

² Hardly: “Thou hadst then become a maid,” and so hadst a right to sexual mating. That would indeed agree with the Brahmanic teaching, that she should have been wedded before, but not at all with the customs of the Epic. Probably still less: “Thou hadst fallen a victim to thy maiden nature,” didst only act through want of understanding.