[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) › v2.c10.17 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c10.17 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c10.17 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.17) | \*a.\* | \*Physiological origin and discharge of the male seed\* | 359 | | \*b.\* | \*Metaphysics of procreation and fœtus formation :\* | | | | \*(i) The relation and action of the reincarnated soul and the karman\* | 361, 366 | | | \*(ii) The action of matter (prakṛti)\* | 364 | | \*c.\* | \*Physiological origin and stages of growth of the womb's fruit\* | 364 | | \*d.\* | \*Origin of the senses and their instruments\* | 363 | | \*e.\* | \*The continuous change in all elements of the human organism\* | 364 | | \*f.\* | \*Woman the cause of procreation and of the Saṃsāra\* | 365 | | \*g.\* | \*Which parts of the body come from the father, which from the mother, and whom do the children take after?\* | 369 | | \*h.\* | \*Influence on the character through unlawful begetting, and the fivefold way whereby gods can beget\* | 370 | | \*i.\* | \*Pregnancy and cases of its extraordinarily long period\* | 371 | | \*k.\* | \*Condemnation of pregnancy in too early years, and of fœtus-slaying\* | 372 | | \*l.\* | \*Pregnancy of the man\* | 372 | | \*m.\* | \*Generatio aequivoca\* | 374 | | \*n.\* | \*Tales of changes in sex\* | 376 | - [Previous: v2.c10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.16) - [Next: v2.c10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.18) - [Up: v2.c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c10.17) · Pramāṇa