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³ Cp. Jacobi’s Tattvārthādhigama, iv, 9 (ZDMG, Bd. 60); Glasenapp, *Der Jainismus*, p. 241; Henne am Rhyn, *Die Frau. i. d. Kulturgesch.*, p. 50. In the beginning beings propagated themselves wholly by look, touch, tapas, simple will, etc. Coition did not appear till later. Wilson’s Viṣṇupurāṇa, ed. Hall, vol. ii, p. 10; Mārk.-Pur., xlix, 8 ff.; Saurapurāṇa, xxv, 20-28 (Jahn, p. 69). Cp. Hartland, *Primit. Patern.*, i, 18 ff. [For such a stage earlier than coition cp. perhaps from Melanesia, G. C. Wheeler, *Mono-Alu Folklore*, pp. 42-3, 242 ff. (Translator.)]