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# Kamasutra 5.1.40

Kāmasūtra 5.1.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.1.40)

palita ity anādaraḥ/

> Disillusion at seeing his grey hair or shabby appearance.  
> — 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.5.1.p37) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.27.40) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.1.40) — Sanskrit

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