[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.c13.44 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.44 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.44 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.44) ² On the other hand Cirakāri, xii, 266.25, 26 says tersely: “Man has from the mother the conglomerate in mortality, made up of the five elements,” that is, at least in first place, the body; from the father, therefore, presumably the “soul”. This was the belief also of the Naudowessies (Westermarck, 105-106; Mantegazza, Geschlechtsverhältnisse, 231). But Cirakāri shortly before this (çl. 18) declares that to the father is due “the body and the rest” (çarīrādīni). Possibly, however, body here is to be taken = life. - [Previous: v2.c13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.43) - [Next: v2.c13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.45) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.266) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.44) · Pramāṇa