[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.c22.84 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.84 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.84 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.84) killed almost without punishment if a bad woman, 274, 489, 522 ; is holy, 341 ; has the highest dignity, 344, 486, 495 ; is like a warrior, 345, 390, 393 ; is source of the Samsāra and incarnation of the material and sensuous, 365, 500, cf. 7 ; a bad magical nature, 366, 499 ; has more pleasure in the surata and greater passion for love, 379, cf. 229 ; her refuge father and husband, 384 ; of a weak nature, 377, 387 (cf. 436) ; the spoil of war, 409, 507 ; in sorrow, 419 ; talkative, 428 ; strong-willed and passionate, 436 ; is the word, man the meaning, 440 ; very important that she should be untouched, 450, cf. 20, add. to 78, 307, 382, 386, 439, 524 ; must not travel, 471, cf. 346 ; must be given presents, 486 ; is goddess of happiness and light of the house, 486, 495 (cf. 343) ; may not be killed, 487, cf., however, 274, 488, 522 ; not slain, 488 ; of no value for counsel and business, 494 ; makes possible the continuance of the world, 495, 500 ; cannot be spoiled, 496, cf. 227 ; root of all evil, 497 ; only chaste when nothing else is possible, 497 ; prevents the over-population of heaven, 499, cf. 365 ; fickle, deceptive, and inscrutable, 501 (cf. 131) ; cause of enmity, 502, 534 ; of man's destruction, 502, 532 ; compassion- - [Previous: v2.c22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.83) - [Next: v2.c22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.85) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.84) · Pramāṇa