[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.c14.3 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c14.3 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c14.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c14.3) ² The children’s female demon Pūtanā gives her breast to the suckling during the night, and those that drink of it die at once. Viṣṇup., vol. iv, p. 376; Bhāgavatapur., x, 6. Evil spirits kill the fruit of the womb, exchange those of two pregnant women, if these come near trees, mountains, embankments, ditches, cross-roads, burning-grounds, or the sea (water), where a spirit of this kind dwells (Mārk.-Pur., li, - [Previous: v2.c14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c14.2) - [Next: v2.c14.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c14.4.1) - [Up: v2.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c14) ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c14.3) · Pramāṇa