[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.c21.16 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.16 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.16 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.16) P. 61, l. 14. Bhīshma after the Indian custom calls Bālhika his father. He was his father’s brother (e.g. : i, 94.61-62; v, 149.15 ff.). Some lines below (“Therewith is judgment, too,” etc.) we could also have: “For the greedy, the evil-minded, the decision may lie therein (in buying and selling),” etc. - [Previous: v2.c21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.15) - [Next: v2.c21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.17) - [Up: v2.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.94.61) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.16) · Pramāṇa