Kamasutra 6.1.13
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 6.1.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.1.13
nāyikāyāḥ punā rūpa-yauvana-lakṣaṇa-mādhurya-yoginī guṇeṣv anuraktā na tathārtheṣu prīti-saṃyoga-śīlā sthira-matir eka-jātīyā viśeṣārthinī nityam a:kadarya-vṛttir goṣṭhī-kalā-priyā ceti nāyikā-guṇāḥ.
The woman also should have the following characteristics, viz.:
She should be possessed of beauty, and amiability, with auspicious body marks. She should have a liking for good qualities in other people, as also a liking for wealth. She should take delight in sexual unions resulting from love, and should be of a firm mind, and of the same class as the man with regard to sexual enjoyment.
She should always be anxious to acquire and obtain experience and knowledge, be free from avarice, and always have a liking for social gatherings, and for the arts.
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