[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.c6.82 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.82 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.82 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.82) ² According to K. (i, 129.1 ff.) Kuntī leaves him a second choice open: “Or let me have a Brahman, if thou so please, perfected in all excellences, rejoicing in the weal of all beings. Whatever thou sayest, god or Brahman—as thou biddest, so will I do. From a god the fruit of a son comes forthwith, from a Brahman after a time.” This, too, of course is a tendentious insertion. - [Previous: v1.c6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.81) - [Next: v1.c6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.83) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.129.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.82) · Pramāṇa