[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) › 2.1.39 # Kamasutra 2.1.39 Kāmasūtra 2.1.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.39) abhyāsād abhimānāc ca tathā saṃpratyayād api viṣayebhyaś ca tantrajñāḥ prītim āhuś caturvidhām// > Men learned in the humanities are of opinion that love is of four kinds, viz.: > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Love acquired by continual habit. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Love resulting from the imagination. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Love resulting from belief. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Love resulting from the perception of external objects. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.38) - [Next: 2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.40) - [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.p36) — 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.2.1.39) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmakuñjalatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamakunjalata.22.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.39) · Pramāṇa