[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.c21.56 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.56 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.56 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c21.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.56) 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. - [Previous: v2.c21.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.55) - [Next: v2.c21.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.57) - [Up: v2.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.56) · Pramāṇa