[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.c6.76 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.76 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.76 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.76) When King Vicitravīrya has died childless, his half-brother Bhīṣma, who carries on the government, says: “I will also name the means (hetu) that is necessary for the propagation and increase of the Bharata blood. Hearken thou unto it from my lips: Some Brahman gifted with excellences must be invited for money to raise up children on Vicitravīrya’s field for him” (i, 105.1–2). - [Previous: v1.c6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.75) - [Next: v1.c6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.77) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.105.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.76) · Pramāṇa