[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.c7.5 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.5 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c7.5 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.5) ¹ Father, mother, and the guru who brings a man into the knowledge of Brahman are the mahāguru or Very Venerable, the First Masters. Anyone speaking evil words of them or to them must fast five days. Mahānirvāṇat., xi, 145. Atiguru (“Values above all”) these three are called in Vishṇusmṛiti, xxxi, 1. - [Previous: v1.c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.4) - [Next: v1.c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.6) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7) ## Cites (3) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.31.1) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mahānirvāṇatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kali.mahanirvana) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c7.5) · Pramāṇa