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# Kamasutra 6.6.13

Kāmasūtra 6.6.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.13)

yasyottamasyābhigamane pratyakṣato 'rthalābho grahaṇīyatvam āyatir āgamaḥ prārthanīyatvaṃ cānyeṣāṃ syāt so 'rtho 'rthānubandhaḥ//

> (a) When by living with a great man a courtezan acquires present wealth, and in addition to this becomes acquainted with other people, and thus obtains a chance of future fortune, and an accession of wealth, and becomes desirable to all, this is called a gain of wealth attended by other gain.  
> — 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.6.6.p26) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.40.12) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.6.13) — Sanskrit

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