[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.c5.362 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.362 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.362 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.362](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.362) 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. - [Previous: v1.c5.361](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.361) - [Next: v1.c5.363](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.363) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.362](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.362) · Pramāṇa