[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Kamasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) › 2.1.17 # Kamasutra 2.1.17 Kāmasūtra 2.1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.17) saṃyoge yoṣitaḥ puṃsā kaṇḍūtir apanudyate/ tac ca abhimānasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ sukham ity abhidhīyate// > “By union with men the lust, desire, or passion of women is satisfied, and the pleasure derived from the consciousness of it is called their satisfaction.” > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.16) - [Next: 2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.18) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.1.p19) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.31) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.17) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmakuñjalatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamakunjalata.22.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.17) · Pramāṇa