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Kamasutra 2.1.39

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 2.1.39

Language: Sanskrit

2.1.39

abhyāsād abhimānāc ca tathā saṃpratyayād api. viṣayebhyaś ca tantra-jñāḥ prītim āhuś catur-vidhām..

Men learned in the humanities are of opinion that love is of four kinds, viz.:
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Love acquired by continual habit.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Love resulting from the imagination.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Love resulting from belief.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Love resulting from the perception of external objects.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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

Linked texts (1)

Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit