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Kamasutra 4.2.44

Kāmasūtra 4.2.44

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4.2.44

rahasi ca kalayā catuḥṣaṣṭyānuvarteta/ sapatnīnāṃ ca svayam upakuryāt/ tāsām apatyeṣv ābharaṇadānam/ teṣu *svāmivad upacāraḥ/ maṇḍanakāni veṣān ādareṇa kurvīta/ parijane mitravarge cādhikaṃ viśrāṇanam/ samājāpānakodyānayātrāvihāraśīlatā ceti punarbhūvṛttam//

Thus ends the conduct of a virgin widow re-married.

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

After her marriage she should live in the house of her husband like one of the chief members of the family, but should treat the other ladies of the family with kindness, the servants with generosity, and all the friends of the house with familiarity and good temper. She should show that she is better acquainted with the sixty-four arts than the other ladies of the house, and in any quarrels with her husband she should not rebuke him severely, but in private do everything that he wishes, and make use of the sixty-four ways of enjoyment. She should be obliging to the other wives of her husband, and to their children she should give presents, behave as their mistress, and make ornaments and play-things for their use. In the friends and servants of her husband she should confide more than in his other wives, and finally she should have a liking for drinking parties, going to picnics, attending fairs and festivals, and for carrying out all kinds of games and amusements.

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

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