Kamasutra 7.1.12
Kāmasūtra 7.1.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.1.12
vidyātantrāc ca vidyāyogāt prāptayauvanāṃ paricārikāṃ svāmī saṃvatsaramātram anyato *dhārayet/ tato *dhāritāṃ bālāṃ *matvā lālasībhūteṣu gamyeṣu yo +a*asyāḥ *saṃha(gha)rṣeṇa bahu dadyāt tasmai visṛjed iti saubhāgyavardhanam/
(i) When a female attendant arrives at the age of puberty, her master should keep her secluded, and when men ardently desire her on account of her seclusion, and on account of the difficulty of approaching her, he should then bestow her hand on such a person as may endow her with wealth and happiness.
This is a means of increasing the loveliness of a person in the eyes of others.
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