[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.c6.69 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.69 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.69 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.69) 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 - [Previous: v1.c6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.68) - [Next: v1.c6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.70) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.69) · Pramāṇa