[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) › 9.23 # Kamasutra 9.23 Jayamaṅgalā 9.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.23) na ca puruṣavadratiṃ strī nādhigacchatīti kathametadupalabhyate, yasmātpuru(3)ṣaprīteścetodharmatvenātīndriyāyāḥ pratyakṣeṇānabhijñatvāt, kasya jñātuḥ puruṣa(4)syetyarthaḥ, caśabdātstrīprīteśca | yadā strī puruṣāyamāṇā svavyāpāreṇātmanaḥ prītiṃ janayati tata(5)śca tad(6)saṃvedanādeva svabhā(7)vātprītirasyā iti kathamupalabhyate, pṛṣṭā jñāsyatītyapi nāstītyāha— - [Previous: 9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.22) - [Next: 9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.24) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.2.1.14) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.23) · Pramāṇa