[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.c18.42 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.42 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.42 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.42) ¹ To be laid hold of by the hair is looked on as particularly ignominious, and the offence of thus dishonouring a woman as dreadful beyond all comparison. See e.g. vii, 195.8 f., 19 f. ; 196.42 ; K, xii, 14.84. Cp. also viii, 83.20 f. \[From Melanesia for the tabu head or hair of a woman of the class of chiefs cp. G. C. Wheeler, \*Mono-Alu Folklore\*, p. 23 (Translator).\] - [Previous: v2.c18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.41) - [Next: v2.c18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.43) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.7.195.8) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.42) · Pramāṇa