[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.c20.33 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.33 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.33 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.33) In the same way the standpoint of ownership was taken, where the wife offended in the case of the wife’s adultery. The law literature deals but little with this ; is it, indeed, not a public matter, but one above all for the husband’s decision. But in this also his powers are limited partly through prescriptions of the law, partly through the prevailing moral attitude. - [Previous: v2.c20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.32) - [Next: v2.c20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.34) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.33) · Pramāṇa