Kamasutra 12.16

Jayamaṅgalā 12.16

Language: Sanskrit

12.16

pūrvamiti | āvayoḥ parasparaṃ cumbatoryena pūrvaṃ prathamo'dharasya graha ṇavidhinā saṃpādanaṃ kṛtaṃ tasminsati tena jitam, kiṃ tadityāha—idamiti | anena dvayorabhimatapaṇaṃ sūcayati, dyūtaṃ ca kapaṭenākapaṭena vā syāt, tatra yallaukikeneva cumbanena dvāveva parasparasyādharaṃ cumbatastadakapaṭaṃ ca vakṣyati, tatra tasminnakapaṭe dyūte pravṛtte nāyakena pūrvamanyatamena grahaṇam, cumbanena gṛhotādharatvājjitā, akapaṭadyūte nāyikāyā abalātvātsaiva jitā śobhate, kapaṭadyūte cāsyāstadanurūpatvājjayaṃ vakṣyati, nāyakena tu kapaṭadyūte na jetavyā, tasyā ananurūpatvāt |
tatrānyatarasya jaye'parasya kalaho'vaśyaṃ bhāvī; dyūtasya kalahāntatvāditi kalahayojanaṃ rāgoddopanārthamāha—

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Kāmasūtra — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit