[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.c7.23 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.23 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.23 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.23) If the father comes home from a journey, he must say to the boy: Thou art born limb from limb, etc., as already given (Āçval., i, 15.9 f.; Pārask., i, 18; Gobh., ii, 8.21; Hirany., ii, 1, 4.16 ff.; Āpast., 15, 12 ff.; Khād., ii, 3, 13 ff.). This according to Nil. is the by-ceremony, and he says that this precept holds good till the boy is brought to the teacher. - [Previous: v1.c7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.22) - [Next: v1.c7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.24) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7) ## Cites (6) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.samaveda.gobhila.2.8.21) — Gobhila, Sanskrit - [Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.rgveda.asvalayana.1.15-9) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.1.18) — Pāraskara, Sanskrit - [Khādiragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.samaveda.khadira.2.3.13) — Khādira, Sanskrit - [Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.hiranyakesi.2.1.4.16) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Āpastambagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.23) · Pramāṇa