[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.c9.9 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c9.9 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c9.9 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.9) ¹ It is mentioned times beyond number that the “ city beauties ” dance on joyful occasions. So, too, Mārk.-Pur., cxxviii, 9. The very sight of them brings good luck, while, for instance, the sight of a pregnant woman foretells evil. Agnipur., 230.4, 11 ; v. Negelein, \*Traumschlüssel d. Jagaddeva\*, p. 132 f. ; Bloch, \*Die Prostitution\*, i, 474-476. Therefore the Vishṇusmṛiti (lxiii, 29) bids the father of a family : When he is on the journey—well known to be an undertaking under the threat of magic—he shall, as on Brahmans, filled water-pitchers, fire, and other things bringing blessings, so also look on harlots. Cp. Thurston, \*Omens and Superstitions\*, etc., pp. 23 ; 46 f. It is no wonder therefore that these women at public festivals - [Previous: v1.c9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.8) - [Next: v1.c9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.10) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9) ## Cites (5) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.230.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.63.29) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c9.9) · Pramāṇa