[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.c19.68 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.68 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.68 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.68) woman that has bathed after her menstruation, is looked on as an unspeakably awful deed; it is twice as bad as killing a Brahman (xii, 165.55).¹ And where a woman is beaten - [Previous: v2.c19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.67) - [Next: v2.c19.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.69) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.165) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.68) · Pramāṇa