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# Kamasutra 2.1.1

Kāmasūtra 2.1.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.1)

śaśo vṛṣo 'śva iti liṅgato nāyakaviśeṣāḥ/ nāyikā punarmṛgī vaḍavā hastinī ceti//

> Man is divided into three classes, viz., the hare-man, the bull-man, and the horse-man, according to the size of his lingam.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> Woman also, according to the depth of her yoni, is either a female-deer, a mare, or a female-elephant.  
> — 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.2.1.p2) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.2) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.1) — Sanskrit

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