[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.c6.166 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.166 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.166 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.166) ¹ So too, for instance, Nārada, xii, 59 declares : “ The fruit of the field cannot be born without the field, nor without seed, therefore in law the child belongs to the father and the mother ” ; and according to Parāçara, vii, 6 the giving away of the daughter is the right of the following three : the mother, the father, the eldest brother. This is in harmony with the well-known Vetāla tale of the three wooers and the maiden that was killed by a snake’s bite, but called back to life again by magic. Cp. Meyer, \*Altind. Rechtsschr.\*, 227 f. - [Previous: v1.c6.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.165) - [Next: v1.c6.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.167) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) ## Linked texts (2) - [Parāśarasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.parasara.7.6) — Parāśara, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.166) · Pramāṇa