[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.c7.1 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.1 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.1) AT the centre point in this intimate family life is the mother, covered with much glory by Indian literature; and, as has been already pointed out, to the Hindu it is just this side of a woman’s life that is the beginning and the end. Woman as a mother takes up in the Epic, too, an important place. - [Previous: v1.c6.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.168) - [Next: v1.c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.2) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.1) · Pramāṇa