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Kamasutra 1.4.31

Kāmasūtra 1.4.31

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1.4.31

avibhavas tu śarīramātro mallikāphenakakaṣāyamātraparicchadaḥ pūjyāddeśād āgataḥ kalāsu vicakṣaṇas tad upadeśena goṣṭhyāṃ veśocite ca vṛtte sādhayed ātmānam iti pīṭhamardaḥ//

A Pithamarda is a man without wealth, alone in the world, whose only property consists of his Mallika, some lathering substance, and a red cloth, who comes from a good country, and who is skilled in all the arts; and by teaching these arts is received in the company of citizens, and in the abode of public women.

Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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