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# Kamasutra 6.6.15

Kāmasūtra 6.6.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.15)

anyārthaparigrahe saktād āyaticchedanam arthasya niṣkramaṇaṃ lokavidviṣṭasya vā nīcasya gamanam āyatighnam artho 'narthānubandhaḥ//

> (c) When a courtezan receives money from other people besides her lover, the results are: the chance of the loss of future good from her present lover; the chance of disaffection of a man securely attached to her; the hatred of all; and the chance of a union with some low person tending to destroy her future good. This gain is called a gain of wealth attended by losses.  
> — 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.p28) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.40.14) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.6.15) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.9.7.15) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit

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