Kamasutra 4.2.1

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 4.2.1

Language: Sanskrit

4.2.1

jāḍya-dauḥśīlya-daurbhāgyebhyaḥ prajān:utpatter ābhīkṣṇyena dārikotpatter nāyaka-cāpalād vā sapatny-adhivedanam.

The causes of re-marriage during the lifetime of the wife are as follows:
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(1) The folly or ill temper of the wife.
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(2) Her husband’s dislike to her.
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(3) The want of offspring.
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(4) The continual birth of daughters.
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(5) The incontinence of the husband.
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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