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Kamasutra 6.1.14

Kāmasūtra 6.1.14

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6.1.14

nāyikā punar buddhiśīlācāra ārjavaṃ kṛtajñatā dīrghadūradarśitvaṃ avisaṃvāditā deśakālajñatā nāgarakatā dainyātihāsapaiśunyaparivādakrodhalobhastambhacāpala^varjanaṃ pūrvābhibhāṣitā kāmasūtrakauśalaṃ tad aṅgavidyāsu ceti sādhāraṇaguṇāḥ/

The following are the ordinary qualities of all women, viz.:

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

To be possessed of intelligence, good disposition, and good manners; to be straightforward in behavior, and to be grateful; to consider well the future before doing anything; to possess activity, to be of consistent behavior, and to have a knowledge of the proper times and places for doing things; to speak always without meanness, loud laughter, malignity, anger, avarice, dullness, or stupidity, to have a knowledge of the Kama Sutra, and to be skilled in all the arts connected with it.

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

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