[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.c11.176 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.176 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.176 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.176) ² Cp. e.g. Garuḍapur., 64.7 f.; 65.10-14. Phallic worship or linga-worship in the Epic comes, of course, from a later time, and is an interpolation, as is somewhat needlessly shown in JRAS, 1907, p. 337 ff. The following are a few details: Çiva's member is always stiff, and this because of his unbroken chastity; therefore it is worshipped by the world. It is always kept standing fixedly up; - [Previous: v2.c11.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.175) - [Next: v2.c11.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.177) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) ## Cites (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.176) · Pramāṇa