[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.c11.72 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.72 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.72 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.72) ³ In the same way King Dama wants to drink the blood of a low cunning evil-doer whom he has cut down in battle, but is stayed by the gods, Mārk.-Pur., cxxxvi, 34. The drinking of a slain man’s blood, indeed, is a wide-spread custom, found also in Germanic olden times. As is well known, it has, mainly, other motives than that of angry revenge. - [Previous: v2.c11.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.71) - [Next: v2.c11.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.73) - [Up: v2.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c11.72) · Pramāṇa