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# Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c14.8

Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c14.8

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### [v2.c14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c14.8)

spirit-beings Pramathas the following are also given : hyena skin, hyena teeth, mountain tortoise, the smell of butter, a cat, a black and a red he-goat). Like the fire that comes into contact with other unclean objects, as for instance the lich-fire, the sūtikāgni is unclean (iii, 221.31 ; cp. e.g. Hiraṇyakeçin's Gṛihyas., ii, 1, 3.4 ; i, 4.8).¹

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.2.1.3.4) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit
- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.221.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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