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# Kamasutra 2.1.23

Kāmasūtra 2.1.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.23)

tasmāt puruṣavad eva yoṣito 'pi rasavyaktir draṣṭavyā//

> Lastly, Vatsyayana is of opinion that the semen of the female, falls in the same way as that of the male.  
> — 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.p24) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.40) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.23) — Sanskrit

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