[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.c17.14 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.14 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.14 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.14) ¹ As is well known the widow still has to hear this to-day among the Indians, as also among many other peoples and tribes. The natural reading of the words of the text would be: “The wife’s first death, it is said, is the incapacity of the husband; thou, who didst live gloriously art gone hence before me, who, too, lead a good life.” This meaning, however, does not fit in well, and close constructions are not seldom found in the two Epics. - [Previous: v2.c17.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.13.3) - [Next: v2.c17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.15) - [Up: v2.c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.14) · Pramāṇa