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# Kamasutra 2.6.48

Kāmasūtra 2.6.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.48)

etayā goṣṭhīparigrahā veśyā rājayoṣā^\*parigrahaś ca vyākhyātaḥ//

> The same things can be done when several men are sitting in company with one courtezan, or when one courtezan is alone with many men. In the same way this can be done by the women of the King's harem when they accidentally get hold of a man.  
> — 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.2.6.p35) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.15.45) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.6.48) — Sanskrit

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