Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.56

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P. 314, n. A noteworthy case of the *jus primae noctis* from Old India is to be found in Chavannes, *Cinq cents contes et apologues*, iii, 95: The people of a newly founded kingdom induce a strong man, who has done them a great benefit, to be the first to lie with every newly wedded woman among them. They wish thus to get fine children, and, secondly, to show him their gratitude. Later a wife makes them see they are all women, and they are revolted with the custom.