Kamasutra 5.1.52
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 5.1.52
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.1.52
a:yatna-sādhyā yoṣitas tv imāḥ ṇ abhiyoga-mātra-sādhyāḥ. dvāra-deśāvasthāyinī. prāsādād rāja-mārgāvalokinī. taruṇa-prātiveśya-gṛhe goṣṭhī-yojinī. satata-prekṣiṇī. prekṣitā pārśva-vilokinī. niṣ:kāraṇaṃ sa:patnyādhivinnā. bhartṛ-dveṣiṇī vidviṣṭā ca. parihāra-hīnā. nir:apatyā.
Women who stand at the door of their houses.
Women who are always looking out on the street.
Women who sit conversing in their neighbor's house.
A woman who is always staring at you.
A female messenger.
A woman who looks sideways at you.
A woman whose husband has taken another wife without any just cause.
A woman who hates her husband, or who is hated by him.
A woman who has nobody to look after her, or keep her in check.
A woman who has not had any children.
The following are the women who are easily gained over:
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