[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.c22.15 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.15 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.15 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.15) Envy: woman's nature, 476; respectable women's envy of courtesans, 497 Epic: important for Indian life and thought, 5; characterized, 1, 412, 438. Cf. Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa Evidence: of the woman before a court, 523 Evil: punished slowly, 17 Executed man: goes to heaven, becomes a powerful spirit, 393 Execution of woman, 255 Eyebrows: meeting, 434 - [Previous: v2.c22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.14) - [Next: v2.c22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.16) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.15) · Pramāṇa