[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) › v1.c6.134 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.134 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.134 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.134) Rāma cries out (Rām., ii, 111.9-10) : “The way the father and mother deal constantly by the child, what the father and mother do to it, it is very hard to requite them for 1 ; they give it whatever can, they lull it to sleep, they rub its body with oil, they speak ever loving words to it, and rear it.” Cp. MBh., xiii, 14.112 ff. ; above all 132 f. - [Previous: v1.c6.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.133) - [Next: v1.c6.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.135) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.14.112) — Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.134) · Pramāṇa