[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) › 3.1.19 # Kamasutra 3.1.19 Kāmasūtra 3.1.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.19) deśapravṛttisātmyād vā brāhmaprājāpatyārṣadaivānām anyatamena vivāhena śāstrataḥ pariṇayet/ iti varaṇavidhānam// bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ --- > When a girl is thus acquired either according to the custom of the country, or according to his own desire, the man should marry her in accordance with the precepts of the Holy Writ, according to one of the four kinds of marriage. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Thus ends marriage. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > There are also some verses on the subject as follows: > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.18) - [Next: 3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.20) - [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.p24) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.20.21) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.1.19) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.1.19) · Pramāṇa