[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.c22.6 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.6 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.6 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.6) Bow : which only the strongest can stretch, 79, 82, 87 Bracelet : gift of the, 439 Brahmadanda, 26 (also the power in the spell of the priest performing the sacrifice. See further e.g. i, 2, 354; 30, 11; 57, 24) Brahman : praises the prince, 13, 16; begs, 13; causes rain, 16, add. to 547; despised by the warrior nobility, 13, 104, 511; in close alliance therewith, 20; better than another, 20, 89, 153, 171, 183; very dangerous and powerful, 20, 25, 85, 258, 348, 541; exacting, 25; is a beggar, 67; demands presents, 67; what he has done for morality and culture, 68, 440; marries a royal princess, 103, 149, 201, 229, 257, 510; unwelcome as suitor to the Kshattriya, 104, 148; a stud-bull, 159; his sexual morality, 159, 248, 254, 274; has a claim on the women, 174; wrongs the innocent through his curse, 233; who is a true Brahman, 349 Branding, 252 Breasts : causing the beautiful woman to bend under their weight, 336, 431 Bridal night : blood and smock of, 43 Bridegroom : put to the test, 132; how he must be qualified, 137; his potency investigated, 408; abduction of the bridegroom (by the bride), 315 - [Previous: v2.c22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.5) - [Next: v2.c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.7) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.6) · Pramāṇa