[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.c5.326 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.326 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.326 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.326](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.326) In consonance with this rule it comes about that the five sons of Pāṇḍu in the order of their ages take Draupadī to wife on five following days (i, 191.8 ff.; 198.13).¹ If, on the other hand, the elder brother has been expelled from his caste (patita), or has become an ascetic (pravrajita), then the younger brother is free to wed (xii, 34.27).² - [Previous: v1.c5.325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.325) - [Next: v1.c5.327](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.327) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.326](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.326) · Pramāṇa