[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) › 5.4.52 # Kamasutra 5.4.52 Kāmasūtra 5.4.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.52) saṃdeśamātraṃ prāpayatīti patrahārī// > (3) A go-between, who simply carries messages between a man and a woman who love each other, but who cannot frequently meet, is called the bearer of a letter or message. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.51) - [Next: 5.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.53) - [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.p25) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.32.51) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.4.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.52) · Pramāṇa