[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) › 2.1.5 # Kamasutra 2.1.5 Kāmasūtra 2.1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.5) yasya saṃprayogakāle prītir udāsīnā vīryam alpaṃ kṣatāni ca na sahate sa mandavegaḥ// > A man is called a man of small passion whose desire at the time of sexual union is not great, whose semen is scanty, and who cannot bear the warm embraces of the female. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.4) - [Next: 2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.6) - [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.p11) — 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.2.1.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.5) · Pramāṇa