Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c12.2

v2.c12.2

And thus Çakuntalā speaks (i, 74.40 ff.) : “She is a wife who is skilful in the house ; she is a wife who has children ; she is a wife whose life is her husband ; she is a wife who keeps a holy troth with her husband. The wife is the half of a man ; the wife is the best friend of all ; the wife is the root of the three ends of life¹ ; the wife is the root of what will save