[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.c11.159 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.159 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.159 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.159) ² Cp. the great St. Petersburg Dictionary, Bd. ii, col. 218; Weber’s Ind. Studien, v, 225, 226; and MBh., xiii, 85.11, 16 f., 22, where Kāma is seen as the eternal, great original godhead, and is also identified with Agni. Cp. Ṛigveda, x, 129.4; Ath.-Veda, x, 2.19. The world is made up of Kāma. Mārk.-Pur., lxv, 33 ff. - [Previous: v2.c11.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.158) - [Next: v2.c11.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.160) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) ## Cites (5) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.85.11) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.129.4) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.10.2.19) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.159) · Pramāṇa