[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.c7.52 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.52 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.52 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.52) ¹ The first twelve, or according to other statements, the first sixteen nights after menstruation begins, excluding the three (or four) first nights. Also the eleventh (and the thirteenth) and certain moon-days are often put under a ban. Cp. Manu, iii, 45-50; iv, 128; Jolly, "Medizin" (in Bühler's Grundriss), p. 50; Winternitz, Die Frau i. d. ind. Religionen, p. 32 \[6\]. See further below. - [Previous: v1.c7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.51) - [Next: v1.c7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.53) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.45) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.52) · Pramāṇa