[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.c22.8 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.8 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.8) Çaci, Indra’s wife : harassed in her conjugal fidelity, 356 Çakuntalā : birth and adventure with Dushyanta, 90 Camel : as draught- and riding-animal, 267 Camping : for pleasure, 211 Çankha : = vulva, 128 Çarmishthā : contends with Devayānī and becomes her slave, 13; induces Yayāti to cohabit with her, 220; beats Devayānī in the contest for children, 221; is preferred by the husband, 474 Caste : in marriage and division of inheritance among the sons, 57, 65, 92; not going to women above or below one’s own caste, 253; performing religious works with a wife of the same caste, 66; means whereby a woman loses caste, 255, 372 - [Previous: v2.c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.7) - [Next: v2.c22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.9) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.8) · Pramāṇa