[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) › 5.4.45 # Kamasutra 5.4.45 Kāmasūtra 5.4.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.45) nisṛṣṭārthā parimitārthā patrahārī svayaṃ dūtī mūḍhadūtī bhāryādūtī mūkadūtī vātadūtī ceti dūtīviśeṣāḥ// > Now go-betweens or female messengers are of the following different kinds, viz.: > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (1) A go-between who takes upon herself the whole burden of the business. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (2) A go-between who does only a limited part of the business. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (3) A go-between who is the bearer of a letter only. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (4) A go-between acting on her own account. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (5) The go-between of an innocent young woman. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (6) A wife serving as a go-between. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (7) A mute go-between. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (8) A go-between who acts the part of the wind. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.44) - [Next: 5.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.46) - [Up: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.5.4.p14) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.32.44) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.4.45) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.45) · Pramāṇa