[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) › 29.3 # Kamasutra 29.3 Jayamaṅgalā 29.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.29.3) prathameti | prathamaṃ sāhasaṃ cāritrakhaṇḍanaṃ yāsāṃ, tāsu nāyaka eva samartho na dūtī, aniyantraṇamaniṣiddhaṃ sambhāṣaṇaṃ yāsāṃ, nāyakena saha tāsvapi kiṃ dūtyeti, svayaṃ pratāryā iti | svayamupapannatarakatvaṃ pradarśayati, durupapādatvamāha-tadviparītā iti | bahuśaḥ khaṇḍitacāritrā niyantraṇasambhāṣiṇyaḥ | nanu prathamasāhasāyāṃ gamanaṃ pratiṣiddhaṃ, viṣayasyāśuddhatvāt, satyaṃ; śarīropaghātatrāṇārthamuktaṃ, svayamabhiyogastu na paricayaṃ vineti, paricayakāraṇānyucyante, yadāha- - [Previous: 29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.29.2) - [Next: 29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.29.4) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.29) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.5.2.3) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.29.3) · Pramāṇa