[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.c19.17 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.17 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.17 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.17) Then there were the great sacrifices of the kings and others, and the many private festal occasions, as, for instance, the feeding of Brahmans (often set on foot by women), whither all kinds of people streamed and made merry, and ate and drank their glorious fill; and women guests came to them, too, and made themselves as drunk as the men (i, 148.5 ff.). Further, women held puṇyaka, for instance, that is to say, celebrations to ensure their husband’s love and to get a son; - [Previous: v2.c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.16) - [Next: v2.c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.18) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.17) · Pramāṇa