[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.c5.311 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.311 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.311 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.311) iii, 115.20 ff. is quite the same, a passage with a rather ancient look about it. In Kanyākubja was a great and very mighty prince, famous under the name of Gādhi; he went off to live in the forest. But while he was living in the forest a daughter was born to him, like an Apsaras. Ṛicīka, the offspring of Bhṛigu, sought her in marriage. To him, the Brahman of unbending piety, Gādhi then spoke: "In our family a thing is customary which our forefathers brought in. - [Previous: v1.c5.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.310) - [Next: v1.c5.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.312) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.311) · Pramāṇa