[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) › v2.c11.149 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.149 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.149 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.149) According to Baudhāyana, i, 1, 2.1 ff., it is the custom “in the north” to drink intoxicants, and in particular Bṛhaspati, ii, 28 ff., records it of the women there. This is in order there, for it belongs to the custom of the land; for in Old India also, as is well known, customary law prevails (dharma = custom, usage, law, right). - [Previous: v2.c11.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.148) - [Next: v2.c11.150.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.150.1) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) ## Cites (2) - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.1.2.1) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.149) · Pramāṇa