[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.c22.52 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.52 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.52 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.52) Pity : even for the wicked, 505; the woman’s, 504, cf. 436 Places for love, 322 Pollution : is to be atoned for, 256 Polyandry, 107 Polygamy, 471; magical division of one into fifty, in order to satisfy fifty wives, 477 Position of woman : among more primitive peoples, 172; among the Old Germans, 173, 256, 489, 522; privileges, 409; secret love of the girl taken into consideration, 381, add. to 76, to 471, 386; among Kshattriyas and Rājputs, 438, cf. Rājputs, Warrior; seclusion and veiling, 447, 526; share in affairs of state, 464; in war, 466, 479; in amusements and joyful events, 467, 532 note 2; at pageants and sacrificial festivals, 468; women taken along with one on a visit, 470; are energetic and urge one on, 436; may not be gambled away, 518, cf. 302 bottom; unhappy position of the woman suspected of an act of unfaithfulness, 524. Cf. Woman Potency : means of strengthening, 238; Çiva as Crœsus of potency, 240; testing the bridegroom as to his manly strength, 408; taken away by food from a harlot, 524 note 3 Power : over woman, 77; power of woman, 534 Prajñā, commonplace understanding, 462 - [Previous: v2.c22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.51) - [Next: v2.c22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.53) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.52) · Pramāṇa