[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) › v1.c5.266 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.266 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.266 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.266) In face of the express declaration of the Kshattriyas that the Svayamvara is their peculiar right, it sounds almost like a clumsy pretention of the priestly caste when in v, 35, we find this tale : “ Engaged on the Svayamvara was the maiden called Keçinī, incomparable in her loveliness, yearning she was for a right goodly husband. Then the Daitya Virocana came thither, wishing to win her. Then spoke Keçinī there to the Daitya prince : ‘ Are the Brahmans the better, or the - [Previous: v1.c5.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.265) - [Next: v1.c5.267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.267) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.266) · Pramāṇa