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# Kamasutra 2.5.3

Kāmasūtra 2.5.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.3)

kuṇṭhā rājy udgatāḥ paruṣāḥ viṣamāḥ ślakṣṇāḥ pṛthavo viralā iti ca doṣāḥ//

> The defects of teeth on the other hand are, that they are blunt, protruding from the gums, rough, soft, large, and loosely set.  
> — 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.p4) — 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.2.5.3) — Sanskrit

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