[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.c22.2 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.2 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.2) Abduction of the wife of another, 77, 128 Abhi with abl., “hither from,” 153 Abhimardana, coition, 318 Abhisamdeha, 389 Abhisārikā, the woman going on a love-visit, 292, 335, 432, 540 Accusative : with verb. dicendi = “of, about,” 125; with passive, 306 “Act of truth,” 289, 350, 525, 527, 529 Action and energy praised, 450, 458 Actors (and singers) : live on their wives, 129, 250 Adharottara, 241 Adultery : severely condemned and punished, 119, 170, 245; conception of adultery, 251; husband may kill adulterer without further ado, 250; the man punished much more than the woman in adultery, 522; in particular that of the woman with a man from a lower caste, 253; no blame rests on \*woman\* in adultery, 205, 522; when the man is not an adulterer, 250 (notes), 335 note 2; punishment of the adulterous woman, 520, cf. 253 Agastya : must marry, 149; marries Lopamudrā and experiences difficulties before the surata, 229; hunts and sanctions hunting, 234; hero of digestion and \*crepitus ventris\*, 231 Āghrāta, “caught hold of,” 476 Agni : falls in love with the wives of the seven Ṛishis, 46; witness to what happens in - [Previous: v2.c22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.1) - [Next: v2.c22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.3) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.2) · Pramāṇa