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# Kamasutra 5.1.52

Kāmasūtra 5.1.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.1.52)

ayatnasādhyā yoṣitas tv imāḥ --- abhiyogamātrasādhyāḥ/ dvāradeśāvasthāyinī/ prāsādād rājamārgāvalokinī/ taruṇaprātiveśyagṛhe goṣṭhīyojinī/ satataprekṣiṇī/ prekṣitā pārśvavilokinī/ niṣkāraṇaṃ sapatnyādhivinnā/ bhartṛdveṣiṇī vidviṣṭā ca/ parihārahīnā/ nirapatyā/

> Women who stand at the door of their houses.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> Women who are always looking out on the street.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> Women who sit conversing in their neighbor's house.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> A woman who is always staring at you.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> A female messenger.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> A woman who looks sideways at you.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> A woman whose husband has taken another wife without any just cause.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> A woman who hates her husband, or who is hated by him.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> A woman who has nobody to look after her, or keep her in check.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> A woman who has not had any children.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> The following are the women who are easily gained over:  
> — 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.p67) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

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

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.1.52) — Sanskrit

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