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# Kamasutra 2.5.27

Kāmasūtra 2.5.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.27)

dṛḍhaprahaṇanayoginyaḥ kharavegā eva, apadravyapradhānāḥ strīrājye kośalāyāṃ ca//

> The women of the Stri Rajya, and of Koshola (Oude) are full of impetuous desire, their semen falls in large quantities, and they are fond of taking medicine to make it do so.  
> — 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.p40) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.14.27) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.5.27) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kandarpacūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kandarpacudamani.10.21) — Vīrabhadra(deva) 1577, Sanskrit

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