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Kāmasūtra 3.3.1

Kama 3.3.1

धन-हीनस् तु गुण-युक्तो ऽपि मध्यस्थ-गुणो हीनापदेशो वा सधनो वा प्रातिवेश्यः मातृ-पितृ-भ्रातृषु च परतन्त्रः बाल-वृत्तिर् उचित-प्रवेशो वा कन्याम् अलभ्यत्वान् न वरयेत्।

dhana-hīnas tu guṇa-yukto 'pi madhyastha-guṇo hīnāpadeśo vā sadhano vā prātiveśyaḥ mātṛ-pitṛ-bhrātṛṣu ca paratantraḥ bāla-vṛttir ucita-praveśo vā kanyām alabhyatvān na varayet.

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 3.3.1, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/Kama/3.3.1), after GRETIL.

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