Kamasutra 6.1.14
Kāmasūtra 6.1.14
- Language
- Sanskrit
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.:
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.
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