Kamasutra 2.1.17
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 2.1.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.17
saṃyoge yoṣitaḥ puṃsā kaṇḍūtir apanudyate. tac cābhimāna-saṃsṛṣṭaṃ sukham ity abhidhīyate..
“By union with men the lust, desire, or passion of women is satisfied, and the pleasure derived from the consciousness of it is called their satisfaction.”
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