[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.c22.53 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.53 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.53 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.53) Pramāṇa : = veda, 119, see Nil. on i, 118, 15 (where likewise pramāṇadṛṣṭa dharma, cf. perhaps cāstradṛṣṭa) Pratipadyate na kimcid, 38 (“doing nothing,” e.g. v, 73, 20) Prāya, prāyopaveça, 303, cf. 387 Pregnancy : which has come about in a manner other than natural, 33, 37; by the sun’s rays, 37; from the fruit of a tree, 156; through water-spells, 373; too early, 372; pregnancy is a wonderful thing, 182 (cf. with the passage iii, 209, 8 ff.); a holy thing, 367; its duration, 371; extraordinarily long, 371; of the man, 372; is living together with death, 344, 391; demons which are dangerous at that time, 391; pregnant woman not to be visited, 246; has a high standing, 489. Cf. Begetting, Children, Navel, Unfruitfulness Presence of woman spurs man on, 534, cf. add. to 11; disarms the wrathful, 535 Promiscuity, \*see\* Hetærism Promise of marriage : secret, 381, cf. add. to 78 Propagation, \*see\* Begetting Prostitution : to earn a dowry, 123; to provide an income for the husband, 123, 129, 250, 487 (cf. Life); by whom introduced, 125, and add. to 126; as a profession, \*see\* Harlots; hospitable, 512; which women are free to all, 250 Puberty : of the girl, superstition concerning it, 37; its appearance a great joy, also : puberty poem, 30 Punarbhū, 174 Purusha : etymology, 460; behaviour of Purusha in the formation of the human being, 361 Pushpaphala, menstrual blood, 363 - [Previous: v2.c22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.52) - [Next: v2.c22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.54) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c22.53) · Pramāṇa