Kamasutra 2.1.44
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 2.1.44
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.44
pratyakṣā lokataḥ siddhā yā prītir viṣayātmikā. pradhāna-phalavattvāt sā tad-arthāś cetarā api..
(4) The love resulting from the perception of external objects is quite evident and well known to the world, because the pleasure which it affords is superior to the pleasure of the other kinds of love, which exist only for its sake.
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