[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra and its Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school) › [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) › [Jayamangala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala) › 1.p2 # Kamasutra 1.p2 Jayamaṅgalā 1.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.1.p2) taddhetutve'pyupāyāntarāpekṣatvāt(1)saṃprayogaparādhīnaḥ kāmaḥ, samprayogaścopāyamapekṣate, upāyaparijñānaṃ ca kāmaśāstrād, na dharmārthaśāstrābhyām | vakṣyati ca prayojanavākyam-“saṃprayogaparādhīnatvātstrīpuṃsayorupāyamapekṣate” adhi. 1 | a. 2 | pra. 2 | sū. 22 | “sā copāyapratipattiḥ (2)kāmasūtrāditi” adhi. 1 | a. 2 | pra. 2 | sū. 23 | tatropāyo'bhidheyaḥ, tatprakāśanaṃ kāmaśāstreṇa kriyamāṇaṃ prayojanam , anyathā kathaṃpratipattiḥ śāstrāt ? anadhītaśāstrāṇāṃ tu tacchātropāyaparijñānaṃ svato'sambhavāt paropadeśātsyāt, paropadeśaścetkathaṃ na śāstrābhyupagamaḥ, tathā cedamupāyaparijñānaṃ tad ghuṇākṣarakalpaṃ; samyakkaraṇoyavarjanīyāparijñānāt, tataścopāyabāhulyāttairnāgarikairanāgarikā nāgarikāḥ kriyante, tathā coktam'yadavijñātaśāstreṇa kadā citsādhitaṃ bhavet | na caitad bahu mantavyaṃ ghuṇotkīrṇamivākṣaram' || iti | yadapi kāmaśāstravidāṃ keṣāṃ cid vyavahārākauśalam, tatteṣāmeva doṣo na śāstrasya, pratipattidoṣācca śāstrānarthakyaṃ sarvatra tulyam , na hi cikitsā''dyartheṣu śāstreṣu sarve tadvidaḥ pathyāhārādikaṃ sevante, tasmāttadarthino ye bhaktiśraddhā'nvitāste'pi śāstraprayojanahetavaḥ | tatra devatānamaskārapūrvakaṃ śāstrapraṇayanamavighnaprasaraṃ bhavatītyāha- - [Previous: 1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.1.p1) - [Next: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.1.1) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.1.1.1) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.1.p2) · Pramāṇa