[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.c22.22 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.22 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.22 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.22) Husband: nature and definition, 125, 205; is answerable for the conduct and character of the wife, 135, 205; is her godhead (she is patidevatā), 206, 347, 423, 430; that of the woman friend at the same time her own, 221; his significance for woman, 346 note, 351, 410, 423, 429; may not desert the wife, 409; may not live on the wife, 487; has the right and duty to punish his unfaithful wife, 520. Cf. Henpecked husband - [Previous: v2.c22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.21) - [Next: v2.c22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.23) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.22) · Pramāṇa