Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.386

v1.c5.386

² The law books make, of actors and singers, the same statements as something which is a matter of course and known to all, and therefore in the case of their wives there is neither the strict prohibition against a man speaking to another’s wife or having connection with her, nor does the general principle hold that the husband is not responsible for his wife’s debts. For these wives have intercourse elsewhere with the knowledge and will of their lords; these are hidden near by,