Kamasutra 4.2.1

Kāmasūtra 4.2.1

Language: Sanskrit

4.2.1

jāḍyadauḥśīlyadaurbhāgyebhyaḥ prajān utpatter ābhīkṣṇyena dārikotpatter nāyakacāpalād vā sapatny adhivedanam//

The causes of re-marriage during the lifetime of the wife are as follows:
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(1) The folly or ill temper of the wife.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(2) Her husband’s dislike to her.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(3) The want of offspring.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(4) The continual birth of daughters.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(5) The incontinence of the husband.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Translations (1)

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

Commentaries (1)

Jayamaṅgalā — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

Other recensions (1)

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) — Sanskrit

Linked texts (1)

The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English