[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.c6.52 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.52 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.52 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.52) and the gifts that are made by a woman without husband and children, rob the receiver of his life-powers (xii, 36.27).¹ - [Previous: v1.c6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.51) - [Next: v1.c6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.53) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.36.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.52) · Pramāṇa