[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.c13.48 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.48 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.48 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.48) Procreation outside wedlock has, according to Bhīṣma’s reproachful words about Karṇa (vi, 122.11 f.), an unfavourable effect on the character.² Fivefold is the way whereby the gods beget: through the simple wish, through the word, the look, the wholly outward touch (sparça), and “rubbing” (saṃgharsha, coitus, xv, 30.22).³ - [Previous: v2.c13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.47) - [Next: v2.c13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.49) - [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.15.30) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.48) · Pramāṇa