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# Kamasutra 1.2.13

Kāmasūtra 1.2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.2.13)

taṃ kāmasūtrān nāgarikajanasamavāyāc ca pratipadyeta//

> Kama is to be learnt from the Kama Sutra (aphorisms on love) and from the practice of citizens.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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## Translations (1)

- [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.1.2.p8) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.13) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.2.13) — Sanskrit

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