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# Kamasutra 1.5.34

Kāmasūtra 1.5.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.34)

rajakanāpitamālākāragāndhikasaurikabhikṣukagopālakatāmbūlika^s auvarṇikapīṭhamardaviṭavidūṣakādayo mitrāṇi/ tad yoṣin mitrāś ca nāgarakāḥ syur iti vātsyāyanaḥ//

> Charayana says that citizens form friendships with washer-men, barbers, cowherds, florists, druggists, betal-leaf sellers, tavern keepers, beggars, Pithamardas, Vitas, and Vidushekas, as also with the wives of all these people.  
> — 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.1.5.p66) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

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

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.5.34) — Sanskrit

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