[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) › 2.1.45 # Kamasutra 2.1.45 Kāmasūtra 2.1.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.45) prītīr etāḥ parāmṛśya śāstrataḥ śāstralakṣaṇāḥ/ yo yathā vartate bhāvas taṃ tathaiva prayojayet// > (4) The love resulting from the perception of external objects is quite evident and well known to the world, because the pleasure which it affords is superior to the pleasure of the other kinds of love, which exist only for its sake. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.44) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2) - [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.p44) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.10.7) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.45) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmakuñjalatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamakunjalata.22.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.45) · Pramāṇa