[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.c22.82 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.82 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.82 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.82) “Wandering Jew,” see Ahasuerus Warrior (Kshattriya) : does not ask, only takes for himself, 13, 68, 302; may not marry a Brahman woman, 20, 103; exhibits veneration towards the Brahmans, 20, 25, 231, 279 (cf. Brahman); may not accept presents, 68; battle his duty, 71, 451; owes his origin to the Brahman, 160; must give, 221; goes to heaven on death from a weapon, 310, 414; ideal of life, 320, 456; the Epic their poetry, 438; position of woman with them, 208, 438, 518; must punish the wicked, 452 Water : in magic and curse, 30; shaken over the hand in giving presents, 62, 141 (cf. e.g. iii, 193, 36; K., iv, 78, 37); magically dangerous, 243, 262 (cf. i, 170, 11-17), 391; “watering of the mouth,” 291; water of the sea, see Sea Waving of the clothes as a sign of applause, 85, 467 Weapon : death by a weapon leads to heaven, 310; oaths on a weapon by Kshattriyas and Rājputs, 383 note Wedding: expensive, 8, 145; ceremony, 139; presents, 143, 508 - [Previous: v2.c22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.81) - [Next: v2.c22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.83) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.82) · Pramāṇa