[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.c13.1 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.1 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.1 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.1) A LL the virtues of the wife are still uncrowned if she bestows no children, especially no son, on the husband, as has already been said. The wife as a child-bearer, therefore, stands first and foremost. What now does the Epic teach us as to procreation, pregnancy, and birth? - [Previous: v2.c12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c12.55) - [Next: v2.c13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.2) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.1) · Pramāṇa