[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) › 4.2.38 # Kamasutra 4.2.38 Kāmasūtra 4.2.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.38) prītidāyeṣv aniyamaḥ// > At the time of her marriage the widow should obtain from her husband the money to pay the cost of drinking parties, and picnics with her relations, and of giving them and her friends kindly gifts and presents; or she may do these things at her own cost if she likes. In the same way she may wear either her husband’s ornaments or her own. As to the presents of affection mutually exchanged between the husband and herself there is no fixed rule about them. If she leaves her husband after marriage of her own accord, she should restore to him whatever he may have given her, with the exception of the mutual presents. If however, she is driven out of the house by her husband she should not return anything to him. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 4.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.37) - [Next: 4.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.39) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.4.2.p15) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.26.46) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.4.2.38) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.38) · Pramāṇa