[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.c6.34 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.34 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.34 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.34) ¹ Cp. with this legend Bhandarkar, \*Ninth Internat. Congress of Orientalists\*, vol. i, p. 426; and the tale how his forefathers appear to the ascetic Ruci, who has never taken a wife, upbraid him, and remind him of his duty to beget a son; and how through their power he gets Mālinī, the daughter of an Apsaras, as wife. Mārk.-Pur., xcv f.; Garuḍapur., 88-90. - [Previous: v1.c6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.33) - [Next: v1.c6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.35) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.34) · Pramāṇa