[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.c21.30 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.30 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.30 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.30) P. 126. Perhaps also xii, 207.40 speaks of the introduction of marriage. The passage might be translated: In the Dvāpara Age it was that the usage of copulation arose among creatures; then in the Kali Age mankind came to pairing (dvandvām āpedire). Cp. e.g., xii, 301.37, which has dvandvānām viprayoga, where Nil. is undoubtedly right in saying: dvandvānām dampatinām. Thus: while in the Dvāpara there was simply sexual union, it was only in our evil age that mankind took to marriage. \[From Melanesia for a time when the true sexual act was not yet - [Previous: v2.c21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.29) - [Next: v2.c21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.31) - [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.12.207.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.30) · Pramāṇa