[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.c7.58 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.58 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.58 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.58) ¹ Whoso does not know his wife carnally during the ṛitu must suffer the pains of hell. Mārk.-Pur., xiv, 1 ff.; Garuḍapurāṇasārod., iv, 40; Parāçara, iv, 2 f. (the wife that forgets her duty goes to hell, the husband who does so becomes an embryo-slayer), etc. - [Previous: v1.c7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.57) - [Next: v1.c7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.59) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7) ## Linked texts (3) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.14.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Parāśarasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.parasara) — Parāśara, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.4.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.58) · Pramāṇa