Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.68

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But it is well-known that pious devices do not always help in this matter; a good friend must then play his part.³ And this helpful neighbour, among the Hindus, has not always found opposition from the husband’s side, if he himself was unfitted for the task; rather the husband has even invited or exhorted him, as the Epic and the other literature tells us. In the Mahābh. the begetter by proxy has a very important place.