Kamasutra 1.2.9
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 1.2.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.2.9
vidyā-bhūmi-hiraṇya-paśu-dhānya-bhāṇḍopaskara-mitrādīnām arjanam arjitasya vivardhanam arthaḥ.
Artha is the acquisition of arts, land, gold, cattle, wealth, equipages, and friends. It is, further, the protection of what is acquired, and the increase of what is protected.
Translations (1)
- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English
Commentaries (1)
- Jayamaṅgalā — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Nirṇayasāgara edition (1900) — Sanskrit