[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.c19.27 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.27 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.27 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.27) such a demand. In the 4th sura of the Koran we find: “It cannot be that you should feel the same love towards all your wives, even if you wish to. But you must do your best not to show an open dislike for any of your wives” (p. 70 in Ullmann’s German transl., Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1881). And the poor man with many wives often honestly tries to do this, as can be seen, for instance, from p. 76 in Osman Bey. On the waning moon Crooke, \*Popul. Relig.\*, i, 10-13. Soma, the moon, is also a giver of rain, and a god of fruitfulness. L. v. Schroeder, \*Reden u. Aufsätze\*, 409, 413; Meyer, Kautilya, index under “Mond”; H. Winckler, \*Die babylonische Geisteskultur\* 2, p. 63. - [Previous: v2.c19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.26) - [Next: v2.c19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.28) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.27) · Pramāṇa