Kamasutra 5.6.45
Kāmasūtra 5.6.45
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5.6.45
atigoṣṭhī niraṅkuśatvaṃ bhartuḥ svairatā puruṣaiḥ sahāniyantraṇatā/ pravāse 'vasthānaṃ videśe nivāsaḥ svavṛtty upaghātaḥ svairiṇīsaṃsargaḥ patyur īrṣyālutā ceti strīṇāṃ vināśakāraṇāni//
The following are the causes of the destruction of a woman's chastity.
Always going into society, and sitting in company.
Absence of restraint.
The loose habits of her husband.
Want of caution in her relations with other men.
Continued and long absence of her husband.
Living in a foreign country.
Destruction of her love and feelings by her husband.
The company of loose women.
The jealousy of her husband.
Translations (1)
- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English
Commentaries (1)
- Jayamaṅgalā — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) — Sanskrit