[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.c18.55 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.55 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.55 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.55) ¹ This miracle is probably, though not certainly, of a later date. But certain it is that Kṛṣṇa as the worker of the miracle and the Kṛṣṇa cult belong to a later time. Originally Draupadī probably had to stand there naked. Secondary, of course, too, is the statement that the sun has never before looked on the face of the noble woman who is now thus exposed to the eyes of the men. The expression, indeed, is often found. and along with other things has even penetrated into very old parts of the Epic. That the Kṣattriya women in old days knew nothing of being veiled and secluded is quite clear. But the view of many Indians that it first came into the land through the Mohammedan conquest is refuted at every turn by Indian literature. But the watch over women was made much more rigorous after the coming - [Previous: v2.c18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.54) - [Next: v2.c18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.56) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.55) · Pramāṇa