[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Kamasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) › 2.6.52 # Kamasutra 2.6.52 Kāmasūtra 2.6.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.52) tat sātmyād deśasātmyāc ca tais tair bhāvaiḥ prayojitaiḥ/ strīṇāṃ snehaś ca rāgaś ca bahumānaś ca jāyate// > "An ingenious person should multiply the kinds cf congress after the fashion of the different kinds of beasts and of birds. For these different kinds of congress, performed according to the usage of each country, and the liking of each individual, generate love, friendship, and respect in the hearts of women." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.51) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.6.p38) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.p1) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.6.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.52) · Pramāṇa