[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.c16.20 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c16.20 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c16.20 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c16.20) The only true case of satī is found in a very recent part, where the four wives of Vāsudeva: Devakī, Bhadrā, Rohiṇī, and Madirā mount onto the pyre with his dead body (xvi, 7.18, 24). On the other hand, Rukmiṇī, the well-beloved, Gāndhārī, Çaibyā, Haimavatī, and Jāmbavatī, five of - [Previous: v2.c16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c16.19) - [Next: v2.c16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c16.21) - [Up: v2.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.16.7.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c16.20) · Pramāṇa