Kamasutra 5.4.45

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 5.4.45

Language: Sanskrit

5.4.45

nisṛṣṭārthā[1] parimitārthā[2] patra-hārī[3] svayaṃdūtī[4] mūḍha-dūtī[5] bhāryā-dūtī[6] mūka-dūtī[7] vāta-dūtī[8] ceti dūtī-viśeṣāḥ.

Now go-betweens or female messengers are of the following different kinds, viz.:
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(1) A go-between who takes upon herself the whole burden of the business.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(2) A go-between who does only a limited part of the business.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(3) A go-between who is the bearer of a letter only.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(4) A go-between acting on her own account.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(5) The go-between of an innocent young woman.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(6) A wife serving as a go-between.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(7) A mute go-between.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(8) A go-between who acts the part of the wind.
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