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Sex is described as a yajna in many Upanishads. One famous description of sex as a yajna is in the Panchagni Vidya of the Chhandogya Upanishad. Various parts of sexual intercourse are compared to various parts of the yajna.
5.8.1 - O Gautama, the woman is the fire [of the yajna]. Her genitals are the samits [sacrificial stick]. The seduction or sexual ...
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