Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.69

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³ In India, at least according to many accounts, the spiritual gentry are ever ready to act as such charitable brethren. Some temples have a great renown, because in them "barren" wives become pregnant; while the Brahmans in their humble piety leave the honour to the god (Viṣṇu). As their wages, however, they demand the handsomest