[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) › 6.26 # Kamasutra 6.26 Jayamaṅgalā 6.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6.26) ghaṭānibandhanamiti | devānuddiśya yātrā ghaṭā; nāgarakāṇāṃ tatra saṃghaṭyamānatvāt, tasyā nibandhanaṃ gaṇadharmeṇa vyavasthāpanam, goṣṭhīsamavāya iti | goṣṭhyāṃ nāgarakāṇāṃ kāvyakalāviṣayaṃ samavāyanaṃ saṃpradhāraṇaṃprajñāvivṛddhaye, yadaparāhṇe goṣṭhīvihāra iti•nityakarmoktaṃ tasya krīḍāmātraphalatvādidaṃ viśiṣyate, samāpānakamiti | saṃbhūya samantātpānamāpānakamityarthaḥ, yannāyikayā sahaikasya mātrayā pānaṃ tatsarakākhyaṃ nityamevasyāt , udyānagamanamiti | bahiḥ svakārite'nyakārite vodyāne gamanaṃvanavihāra ityarthaḥ, gṛhavāṭikāgamanaṃ tu nityameva syāt, samasyāḥ krīḍāśceti | samasyante samagrībhavanti nāgarakā yāsu tāḥ samasyāḥ, adhikaraṇe ṇya(2)pratyayaḥ, pūrvavat saṃbhūya krīḍā ityarthaḥ, tā dvividhā—māhimānyo deśyāśca, etat pañcavidhaṃ karma naimittikaṃ nāyakaḥ pravarttayet | tatra ghaṭānibandhanamāha— - [Previous: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6.25) - [Next: 6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6.27) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.1.4.14) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6.26) · Pramāṇa