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# Kamasutra 4.2.1

Kāmasūtra 4.2.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

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

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## Translations (1)

- [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.4.2.p2) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.26.1) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.4.2.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v3.c89.s16.21) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English

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