Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.362

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³ A maiden, who does not keep her chastity, sins against her future husband. While this view is rooted in the rough conception that the man’s right of property has even a retrospective force, yet in a noble and beautiful meaning it is true; only it must likewise be applied, too, to the man’s behaviour before marriage. Agni is perhaps accordingly accused of adultery for lying with a maiden.