Kamasutra 13.24

13.24

ācāryāṇāṃ mataṃ vikalpānāmiti | aṣṭavikalpamevāstu nānyāni teṣāṃ chedyaprakārāṇāṃ nirūpyamāṇānāmānantyād, atastān ko'bhisamīkṣitumarhatīti saṃbandhaḥ, tadabhisamīkṣiṇā kauśalamapyapekṣaṇīyaṃ, tasya ca prativikalpaṃ bhinnatvādānantyamityāha-ānantyācceti | kauśalavidhiḥ kauśalakaraṇaṃ, sa ca nābhyāsaṃ vinetyayamaparastṛtīyo'pekṣaṇīyaḥ, so'pyekatra kṛto'nyatra na kauśalaṃ niṣpādayatīti sarvagāminā bhavitavyamityāha-abhyāsasya ca sarvagāmitvāditi | tadiyaṃ mahatī parampareti kaḥ prakārānabhisamīkṣate, kiṃ ca rāgātmakatvācchedyasyeti| rāgajanyatvāttadātmakaṃ nakhacchedyaṃ, rāgavivṛddhau hi nakhavilekhanaṃ, tacca tadānīṃ rāgāndhatvādarūpavadeva prayuṅkte, ko'tra cchedyavastuni prakārān prayoktumarhati tadānīmaṣṭavikalpamapi na vaktavyam |