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# Kamasutra 1.3.3

Kāmasūtra 1.3.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.3.3)

yoṣitāṃ śāstragrahaṇasyābhāvād anarthakam iha śāstre strīśāsanam ity ācāryāḥ//

> Here some learned men object, and say that females, not being allowed to study any science, should not study the Kama Sutra.  
> — 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.1.3.p3) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6.4) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.3.3) — Sanskrit

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