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# Kamasutra 6.3.41

Kāmasūtra 6.3.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.41)

tad aniṣṭhasevā/ ninditābhyāsaḥ/ oṣṭhanirbhogaḥ/ pādena bhūmer abhighātaḥ/ avijñātaviṣayasya saṃkathā/ tad vijñāteṣv avismayaḥ \*kutsā ca/ darpavighātaḥ/ adhikaiḥ saha saṃvāsaḥ/ \*anapekṣaṇam/ samānadoṣāṇāṃ nindā/ rahasi cāvasthānam//

> 1st. Describing the habits and vices of the lover as disagreeable and censurable, with the sneer of the lip, and the stamp of the foot.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> 2nd. Speaking on a subject with which he is not acquainted.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> 3rd. Showing no admiration for his learning, and passing a censure upon it.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> 4th. Putting down his pride.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> 5th. Seeking the company of men who are superior to him in learning and wisdom.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> 6th. Showing a disregard for him on all occasions.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> 7th. Censuring men possessed of the same faults as her lover.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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## Translations (1)

- [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.3.p46) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.37.41) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.3.41) — Sanskrit

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