Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.100

v1.c6.100

In itself, it is true, such a service of love found no hindrance from the law, even when the husband was alive, if the husband authorized or invited his wife. The view that is always stressed in Indian literature is this : The wife is the husband's field (kshetra) ; that which grows on his field belongs to him, no matter who has sown it (cp. for instance Manu, ix, 32-55). And the owner can himself till his ground, or have it tilled by another ; the fruit is always his.¹