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Kāmasūtra 2.2.5

Kama 2.2.5

विकल्प-वर्गाणाम् अष्टानां न्यूनादिकत्व-दर्शनात् प्रहण-विरुत-पुरुषोपसृप्ति-चित्र-रतादीनाम् अन्येषाम् अपि वर्गाणाम् इह प्रवेशनात् प्रायो-वादो ऽयम्। यथा सप्त-पर्णो वृक्षः पञ्च-वर्णो बलिर् इति वात्स्यायनः।

vikalpa-vargāṇām aṣṭānāṃ nyūnādikatva-darśanāt prahaṇa-viruta-puruṣopasṛpti-citra-ratādīnām anyeṣām api vargāṇām iha praveśanāt prāyo-vādo 'yam. yathā sapta-parṇo vṛkṣaḥ pañca-varṇo balir iti vātsyāyanaḥ.

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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Cite as: Kāmasūtra 2.2.5, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/Kama/2.2.5), after GRETIL.

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