[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) › 10.3 # Kamasutra 10.3 Jayamaṅgalā 10.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10.3) purā pūrvaṃ karmasvanabhyasteṣvapītyapiśabdādabhyasteṣvapīti, yenāpi mṛgayākarma nābhyastamabhyastaṃ vā so'pi tatkarma kṛtvā manasā sukhāyate, ābhyāsikī tu karmābhyāsādeveti viśeṣaḥ, aviṣayātmiketi, nāpi viṣayebhyaḥ śabdādibhya ātmalābhaḥ syādityarthaḥ, kuta starhītyāha – saṅkalpājjāyata iti, manasaḥ saṃkalpatmakatvānmānasītyarthaḥ, sā sā caivaṃvidhā''bhimānikītyucyate, abhimāno'haṃkāraḥ sa prayojanamasyā iti | sā kathamasmiñśāstre sambhavatītyāha – - [Previous: 10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10.2) - [Next: 10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10.4) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.2.1.40) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10.3) · Pramāṇa