Kamasutra 1.5.4
Kāmasūtra 1.5.4
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- Sanskrit
1.5.4
anyakāraṇavaśāt paraparigṛhītāpi pākṣikī caturthīti goṇikāputraḥ//
Nayikas, therefore, are of three kinds, viz., maids, women twice married, and public women. Gonikaputra has expressed an opinion that there is a fourth kind of Nayika, viz., a woman who is resorted to on some special occasion even though she be previously married to another. These special occasions are when a man thinks thus:—
Translations (1)
- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English
Commentaries (1)
- Jayamaṅgalā — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English