Kamasutra 6.1.9
Kāmasūtra 6.1.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.1.9
te tv ārakṣakapuruṣā dharmādhikaraṇasthā daivajñā vikrāntāḥ śūrāḥ samānavidyāḥ kalāgrāhiṇaḥ pīṭhamardaviṭavidūṣakamālākāragandhikaśauṇḍikarajakanāpita^bhikṣuk ās te ca te ca kāryayogāt//
These persons are:
The guards of the town, or the police.
The officers of the courts of justice.
Astrologers.
Powerful men, or men with interest.
Learned men.
Teachers of the sixty-four arts.
Pithamardas or confidants.
Vitas or parasites.
Vidushakas or jesters.
Flower sellers.
Perfumers.
Vendors of spirits.
Washermen.
Barbers.
Beggars.
And such other persons as may be found necessary for the particular object to be acquired.
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
Linked texts (1)
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English