[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) › 3.1.12 # Kamasutra 3.1.12 Kāmasūtra 3.1.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.12) nakṣatrākhyāṃ nadīnāmnīṃ vṛkṣanāmnīṃ ca garhitām/ lakārarephopāntāṃ ca varaṇe parivarjayet// > In the same way a girl who is called by the name of one of the twenty-seven stars, or by the name of a tree, or of a river, is considered worthless, as also a girl whose name ends in “r” or “l.” But some authors say that prosperity is gained only by marrying that girl to whom one becomes attached, and that therefore no other girl but the one who is loved should be married by anyone. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.11) - [Next: 3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.13) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.3.1.p22) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.20.13) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.1.12) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v3.c89.s15.5) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English - [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.575) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.12) · Pramāṇa