[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) › 7.2.52 # Kamasutra 7.2.52 Kāmasūtra 7.2.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.52) pūrvaśāstrāṇi saṃdṛśya prayogān \*upasṛtya ca/ kāmasūtram idaṃ yatnāt saṃkṣepeṇa nirveśitam\[niveditam\]// > Thus have I written in a few words the Science of Love, after reading the texts of ancient authors, and following the ways of enjoyment mentioned in them. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 7.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.51) - [Next: 7.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.53) - [Up: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.7.2.p42) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.44.52) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.52) · Pramāṇa