[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Kamasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) › 6.6.31 # Kamasutra 6.6.31 Kāmasūtra 6.6.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.31) saṃkirec ca paraspareṇeti saṃkīrṇasaṃśayāḥ// > (c) If a courtezan relies solely upon the report of other people (i.e., hearsay) about a man, and goes to him without ascertaining herself whether he possesses good qualities or not, she may either gain or lose pleasure in proportion as he may be good or bad, and therefore this is called a mixed doubt about the gain and loss of pleasure. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.30) - [Next: 6.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.32) - [Up: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.6.p46) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.40.30) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.6.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.31) · Pramāṇa