[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.c12.2 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c12.2 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c12.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.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 - [Previous: v2.c12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c12.1) - [Next: v2.c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c12.3) - [Up: v2.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.74) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c12.2) · Pramāṇa