Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.76
Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.76
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² Cp. Manu, ii, 181 f.; Gaut., xxiii, 20; Viṣṇu, xxviii, 51 (and the parallels in Jolly's transl.); Yājñav., iii, 278; Baudhāyana, ii, 1.28 (= ii, 1, 1.29). Onanism is also of course punished. Of special importance is this in the case of the brahmacārin (the disciple bound to chastity). According to Vasiṣṭha, xxiii, 4 this offence must be atoned for in just the same way as the Veda-learner's intercourse with a woman. Cp. Manu, ii, 180. But if the brahmacārin goes
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- Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Baudhāyanadharmasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
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