ak as am h ita ▁( Car aka ) ▁and ▁S usr ut as am h ita ▁( S usr uta ), ▁both ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁Century ▁CE , ▁contain ▁many ▁references ▁to ▁hom osex ual ity ▁and ▁trans gender ism . ▁Buddh ist ▁and ▁J ain ▁mon ks ▁were ▁full ▁participants ▁on ▁H indu ▁medical ▁journ als . ▁ ▁The ▁Car aka ▁lists ▁eight ▁types ▁of ▁sexual ▁v ik r ti ▁or ▁' ab normal ities ' ▁( de vi ations ): Where as ▁the ▁S usr uta ▁lists ▁six ▁types ▁of ▁sand has : ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁w ides p read ▁discussion ▁of ▁hom osex ual ▁behavior ▁within ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁main stream ▁sexual ▁behavior , ▁such ▁as ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁enjoy ment ▁of ▁gain ing ▁an ▁ere ction ▁whilst ▁having ▁sem en ▁e ject ed ▁into ▁one ' s ▁mouth ▁under ▁a ▁section ▁discuss ing ▁fell atio . ▁The ▁journ als ▁tend ▁to ▁provide ▁emphas is ▁on ▁tre ating ▁sexual ▁behavior ▁as ▁something ▁different ▁from ▁l ifest yle , ▁con ve ying ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁men ▁who ▁have ▁sex ▁with ▁other ▁men ▁can ▁remain ▁the ▁male ▁gender . ▁ ▁Buddh ism ▁and ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁▁ ▁Buddh ism ▁was ▁created ▁during ▁this ▁period ▁and ▁it ▁had ▁considerable ▁influence ▁on ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁during ▁the ▁closing ▁centuries ▁of ▁the ▁era . ▁The ▁philosophy ▁brought ▁with ▁it ▁more ▁conserv ative ▁views ▁on ▁sexual ▁interactions ▁and ▁into xic ants , ▁though ▁no ▁particular ▁mention ▁of ▁hom osex uals