[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 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture Women, marriage, love, chastity, motherhood, widows, courtesans and family life in the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa, with extensive translated passages. - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1870–1939 CE - **Author:** [Johann Jakob Meyer](https://indike.org/pramana/person/meyer-jj) - **Extent:** 1,904 passages, 243,974 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · English tr., 2 vols., London: Routledge 1930 (German original: Das Weib im altindischen Epos, Leipzig 1915);… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Johann Jakob Meyer †1939); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [v1 Volume 1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1) — 9 parts - [v2 Volume 2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2) — 13 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915) · Pramāṇa