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# Kamasutra 2.5.20

Kāmasūtra 2.5.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.20)

deśasātmyāc ca yoṣita upacaret//

> In the affairs of love a man should do such things as are agreeable to the women of different countires.  
> — 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.2.5.p27) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.14.20) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.5.20) — Sanskrit

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