[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.c13.50 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.50 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.50 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.50) 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. \[For such a stage earlier than coition cp. perhaps from Melanesia, G. C. Wheeler, \*Mono-Alu Folklore\*, pp. 42-3, 242 ff. (Translator.)\] - [Previous: v2.c13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.49) - [Next: v2.c13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.51) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13) ## Cites (3) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.49.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Saurapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.saura.25.20) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.50) · Pramāṇa