[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.c20.55 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.55 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.55 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.55) ¹ The matter is in doubt. The Rāmāyaṇa often seems to show traces of natural, uncultured conditions—Vālin’s widow falls to the conqueror, the slain man’s brother; Sītā points out that as a widow she would belong to Lakshmaṇa. So that there may be here, too, some remains of an original barbarism: the woman cast off by the ruler may be taken by another man under him; she is always good enough for that. Cp. Meyer, \*Isoldes Gottesurteil\*, Anmerk., No. 4. - [Previous: v2.c20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.54) - [Next: v2.c20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.56) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.55) · Pramāṇa