Tritiya-Prakriti: People of the Third Sex: Understanding Homosexuality, Transgender Identity and Intersex Conditions Through Hinduism - Hardcoverby Amara Das Wilhelm (Author) Tritiya Prakriti: People of the Third Sex is a collection of years of research into a topic seldom discussed or easily found within the Hindu Vedic scriptural canon. Based entirely upon authentic Sanskrit references and modern concurring facts, the book guides us through the original Hindu concept of a "third sex" (defined as homosexuals, transgenders and the intersexed), how such people were constructively incorporated