[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) › 2.1.40 # Kamasutra 2.1.40 Kāmasūtra 2.1.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.40) śabdādibhyo bahirbhūtā yā karmābhyāsalakṣaṇā/ prītiḥ sābhyāsikī jñeyā mṛgayādiṣu karmasu// > (1) Love resulting from the constant and continual performance of some act, is called love acquired by constant practice and habit, as for instance the love of sexual intercourse, the love of hunting, the love of drinking, the love of gambling, etc., etc. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.39) - [Next: 2.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.41) - [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.p41) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10.1) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.40) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmakuñjalatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamakunjalata.22.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.40) · Pramāṇa