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# Kamasutra 3.4.34

Kāmasūtra 3.4.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.34)

yajñe vivāhe yātrāyām utsave vyasane prekṣaṇakavyāpṛte jane tatra tatra ca dṛṣṭeṅgitākārāṃ parīkṣitabhāvām ekākinīm upakrameta/

> At last, when he knows the state of her feelings by her outward manner and conduct towards him at religious ceremonies, marriage ceremonies, fairs, festivals, theatres, public assemblies, and such like occasions, he should begin to enjoy her when she is alone, for Vatsyayana lays it down, that women, when resorted to at proper times and in proper places, do not turn away from their lovers.  
> — 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.3.4.p7) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.23.34) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.4.34) — Sanskrit

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