[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.c5.367 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.367 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.367 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.367) it not.' With these words, O timid one, did Çvetaketu, the son of Uddālaka, set up by force the barrier of the moral law . . . At the time of the Ritu,¹ O king's daughter, thou so faithful to thy husband, the wife shall not go afield from her husband ; these are the words of the law recognized by the law-learned. At all other times the woman has free independence (svātantryam strī kilārhati) for herself. It is such a law that good men call the old one." ² - [Previous: v1.c5.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.366) - [Next: v1.c5.368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.368) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.367) · Pramāṇa