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# Kamasutra 1.4.33

Kāmasūtra 1.4.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.4.33)

ekadeśavidyas tu krīḍanako viśvāsyaś ca vidūṣakaḥ/ vaihāsiko vā/

> A Vidushaka (also called a Vaihasaka, i.e., one who provokes laughter) is a person only acquainted with some of the arts, who is a jester, and who is trusted by all.  
> — 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.1.4.p24) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.6.46) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.4.33) — Sanskrit

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