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Kamasutra 5.4.62

Kāmasūtra 5.4.62

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5.4.62

pūrvaprastutārthaliṅgasaṃbaddham anyajanāgrahaṇīyaṃ laukikārthaṃ dvyarthaṃ vā vacanam udāsīnā yā śrāvayet sā vātadūtī/ tasyā api tayaiva pratyuttaraprārthanam iti tāsāṃ viśeṣāḥ// bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ ---

(8) A person who carries a message to a woman which has a double meaning, or which relates to some past transactions, or which is unintelligible to other people, is called a go-between who acts the part of the wind. In this case the reply should be asked for through the same woman.

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

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