Sexual Life in Ancient India V2: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture

ISBN-13: 9780710307835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 608 str.

Johann Jakob Meyer

Opis

The two volumes of this work make available many years of labor and scholarly work on the fundamental concepts of Indian thought which have determined the attitude of Indian civilization in regard to the relation of the sexes for more than two thousand years."

Spis treści

Chapter I The Maid; Chapter II Marriage; Chapter III The Wedding; Chapter IV Life in Marriage; Chapter V Woman as Mother; Chapter VI Woman in her Sexual Relations; Chapter VII The Pleasures of Sex (surata); Chapter VIII The Continence of Man; Chapter IX The Pleasures of Venal Love; Chapter X Love; Chapter XI Woman as Wife; Chapter XII Woman as Child-bearer: The Origin of Man; Chapter XIII Woman Lying-in; Chapter XIV Woman in the House; Chapter XV The Widow; Chapter XVI Woman in Misfortune and in Sorrow; Chapter XVII The Ideal Woman; Chapter XVIII The Woman of Energy; Chapter XIX Position, Rank, and Importance of Woman; Chapter XX The Worth and Nature of Woman; Chapter XXI Woman is a Chattel; Chapter XXII The Power of Woman;

O autorze

Johann Jakob Meyer