Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.65

v2.c21.65

P. 370, at top. K., i, 98.32 lays it down: The children (or: the sons putrās) are like the father in their bodily characters, while those of the soul arise through their contact with the outward world (through intercourse, the world around) (teshām çilaguṇācārās tatsamparkāc chubhāçubhāt. Tatsamparka is probably hardly that fortunate or unfortunate mingling of the parents for the purpose of begetting). K., i, 99.39-40 on the other hand gives besides some bodily ones a whole set of mental characters.