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# Kamasutra 2.5.2

Kāmasūtra 2.5.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.2)

samāḥ snigdhacchāyā rāgagrāhiṇo yuktapramāṇā niśchidrās tīkṣṇāgrā iti daśanaguṇāḥ//

> The qualities of good teeth are as follows: They should be equal, possessed of a pleasing brightness, capable of being colored, of proper proportions, unbroken, and with sharp ends.  
> — 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.p3) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.14.2) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.5.2) — Sanskrit

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