Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.107

v1.c6.107

A list that partly differs is given in xiii, 49. Yudhishṭhira says : “ We hear of many disputes that arise out of the question of the sons. Do thou solve the doubt for us, who are bewildered.” Bhīshma now first of all sets forth nine kinds of sons : 1st, ātman (the one begotten by himself, and therefore the son belonging to the begetter himself) ; 2nd, anantaraja (begotten by the next of kin to the husband, that is, in the