[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.c7.55 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.55 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.55 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.55) It is often emphatically laid down that the husband during the ṛitu must visit (ṛitugamana) the wife, and it is a sin for him not to fulfil his married duty then. In Rām., ii, 75 in a long imprecatory formula, a very great number of the worst sins and atrocities is set forth, and in śl. 52 is mentioned the evil-minded man (duṣṭātman) who does not let his wife have her rights, when she has bathed after the monthly cleansing. In MBh., vii, 17.28–36 we likewise find a list of especially horrible - [Previous: v1.c7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.54) - [Next: v1.c7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.56) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.75) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.55) · Pramāṇa