Kamasutra 7.1.13

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 7.1.13

Language: Sanskrit

7.1.13

gaṇikā prāpta-yauvanāṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ tasyā vijñāna-śīla-rūpānurūpyeṇa tān abhinimantrya sāreṇa yo 'syā idam idaṃ ca dadyāt sa pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīyād iti saṃbhāṣya rakṣayed iti.

In the same way, when the daughter of a courtezan arrives at the age of puberty, the mother should get together a lot of young men of the same age, disposition, and knowledge as her daughter, and tell them that she would give her in marriage to the person who would give her presents of a particular kind.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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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