[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) › 8.40 # Kamasutra 8.40 Jayamaṅgalā 8.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.40) paṭutā prajñā'nubaddhayā vācā vaktuṃ kuśalatā, dhāṣṭaryaṃ prāgalbhyamiti, iṅgitamanyathā vṛttiḥ; ākāro vadananayanādigatavikāraḥ; tajjñatayā tadnurūpamanutiṣṭhati, kālajñatā; kāle'sminprotsāhayituṃ śakyata iti, viṣahyā vimarśakṣamā buddhirasyeti vigṛhya bhāvapratyayena yojyaḥ, laghvī pratipattiḥ sopāyā ceti dūtaguṇā iti, kāryaṃ vimṛśya tadevopāyapūrvakamanuṣṭhānaṃ na kāryātipātanam | - [Previous: 8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.38) - [Next: 8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.41) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.1.5.36) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.40) · Pramāṇa