[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.c21.57 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.57 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.57 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c21.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.57) P. 316, l. 22. “Chambermaids are unprotected in the world, they are slave-girls, O Bhārata.” So according to B. K., iv, 4.31 is probably more right with: sairandhryo rakṣitā strīṇām bhujishyāḥ santi, Bh. = “Chambermaids are the protected servants of women.” They have a higher standing than other strolling women, as both texts hint in what follows (K., ekapatnyaḥ striyaç caitā iti lokasya niçcayaḥ). - [Previous: v2.c21.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.56) - [Next: v2.c21.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.58) - [Up: v2.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.4.4.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.57) · Pramāṇa