[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.c5.70 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.70 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.70 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.70) ¹ I read naḥ instead of na. The text, after the commentator, means : But if thou dost say : “We have heard that the gods and ancestors, when there is such an offering (of the daughter by her own father), do not work well-being,” (then I say) “they do assuredly work well-being through the water-offering made by thee.” - [Previous: v1.c5.69.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.69.3) - [Next: v1.c5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.71) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.70) · Pramāṇa