Kamasutra 6.2.74
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 6.2.74
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- Sanskrit
6.2.74
tad etan nidarśanārthaṃ dattaka-śāsanād uktam. an:uktaṃ ca lokataḥ śīlayet puruṣa-prakṛtitaś ca.
Such is the manner of a courtezan living with a man like a wife, and set forth here for the sake of guidance from the rules of Dattaka. What is not laid down here should be practiced according to the custom of the people, and the nature of each individual man.
There are also two verses on the subject as follows:
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