[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.c13.64 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.64 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.64 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.64) ¹ Cp. Hertel, “ Die Geburt des Purūravas,” Wiener Zeitschr. f. d. Kunde d. Morgenl., xxv (1911), p. 135 ff. According to Vetālapañcav., No. 15 (quoted Daçakumāracar., p. 85) it was Gaurī's curse that changed King Ila into a woman ; according to Mārkaṇḍeyapur., cxi, 12, Maheçvara's anger ; the Bhāgavatapur. (ix, 1.23 ff.) makes the - [Previous: v2.c13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.63) - [Next: v2.c13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.65) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13) ## Linked texts (4) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Daśakumāracarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.dasakumaracarita) — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit - [Vetālapañcaviṃśatikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.vetala) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.64) · Pramāṇa