[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.c9.22 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c9.22 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c9.22 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.22) ¹ Because of destroying living beings. For this reason by a decree of Rana Jey Sing no oil-mill might work during the four rainy months. Tod, \*Rajasthan\*, i, 586. Cp. Glasenapp, \*Der Jainismus\*, 69. For when there is much rain there swarm huge numbers of gnats, insects, and all kinds of nuisances in the air. See MBh., iii, 182.4; Fuller, \*Studies of Indian Life\*, p. 12 f. - [Previous: v1.c9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.21) - [Next: v1.c9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.23) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.182.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.22) · Pramāṇa