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Part five, chapters five and six
of the Kamisutra. This LibriVox recording is

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in the public domain and is read
by Mark Smith of Simpsonville, South Carolina.

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The Kimasutra by Vetsiayana, Part five, chapter five about the love of

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persons in authority, for the wives
of other men, kings and their ministers

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have no access to the abodes of
others, and moreover, their mode of

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living is constantly watched and observed and
imitated by the people at large, just

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as the animal world, seeing the
sunrise, get up after him, and

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when he sits in the evening,
lie down again. In the same way,

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Persons in authority should not therefore do
any improper act in public, as

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such are impossible from their position and
would be deserving of censure. But if

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they find that such an act is
necessary to be done, they should make

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use of the proper means, as
described in the following paragraphs. The headmen

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of the village, the king's officer
employed there, and the man whose business

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it is to glean corn, can
gain over female villagers simply by asking them.

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Footnote this is a phrase used for
a man who does the work of

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everybody and who is fed by the
whole village and footnote. It is on

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this account that this class of women
are called unchased women by voluptuaries. The

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union of the above mentioned men with
this class of women takes place on the

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occasions of unpaid labor, of filling
the granaries in their houses, of taking

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things in and out of the house, of cleaning the houses, of working

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in the fields, and of purchasing
cotton, wool, flax, hemp and

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thread, and at the season of
the purchase, sale and exchange of various

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other articles, as well as at
the time of doing various other works.

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In the same way, the souper
superintendants of cowpens enjoy the women in the

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cowpens, and the officers who have
the superintendents of widows, of the women

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who are without supporters, and of
women who have left their husbands, have

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sexual intercourse with these women. The
intelligent accomplished their object by wandering at night

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in the village, and while villagers
also unite with the wives of their sons,

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being much alone with them. Lastly, the superintendents of markets have a

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great deal to do with the female
villagers at the time of their making purchases

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in the market. During the festival
of the eighth moon, that is during

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the bright half of the month of
Nagashasha, as also during the moonlight festival

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of the month of Kartika and the
spring festival of Chetra, that women of

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cities and towns generally visit the women
of the King's Harem in the royal Palace.

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These visitors go to the several apartments
of the women of the Harem as

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they are acquainted with them, and
pass the night in cumberation and improper sports

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and amusement, and go away in
the morning. On such occasions, a

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female attendant of the king, previously
acquainted with the woman whom the king desires,

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should loiter about and accost this woman
when she sets out to go home,

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and induce her to come and see
the amusing things in the palace.

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Previous to these festivals, even she
should have caused it to be intimated to

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this woman that on the occasion of
this festival she would show her all the

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interesting things in the royal palace.
Accordingly, she should show her the bower

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of the coral creeper, the garden
house with its floor inlaid with precious stones,

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the bower of grapes, the building
on the water, the secret passages

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in the walls of the palace,
the pictures, the sporting animals, the

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machines, the birds, and the
cages of the lions and the tigers.

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After this, when alone with her, she should tell her about the love

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of the King for her, and
should describe to her the good fortune which

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would attend upon her union with the
King, giving her at the time a

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strict promise of secrecy. If the
woman does not accept the offer, she

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should conciliate and please her with handsome
presence befitting the position of the king,

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and having accompanied her for some distance, should dismiss her with great affection.

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Two Or having made the acquaintance of
the husband of the woman whom the king

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desires, the wives of the king
should get the wife to pay them a

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visit in the harem, and on
this occasion a female attendant of the king,

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having been sent thither, should act
as above described. Three Or one

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of the king's wives should get acquainted
with the woman that the king desires by

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sending one of the female attendants to
her, who should, on their becoming

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more intimate, induce her to come
and see the royal abode. Afterwards,

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when she has visited the harem and
acquired confidence. A female confidant of the

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king sent thither should act as before
described. Four. Or the king's wife

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should invite the woman whom the king
desires to come to the royal palace so

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that she might see the practice of
the art in which the king's wife may

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be skilled. And after she has
come to the herem, a female attendant

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of the king sent thither should act
as before described. Five. Or a

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female beggar in league with the king's
wife should say to the woman desired by

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the king, and whose husband may
have lost his wealth or may have some

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cause of fear from the king,
this wife of the king has influence over

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him, and she is moreover naturally
kind hearted. We must therefore go to

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her in this matter. I shall
arrange for your entrance into the harem,

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and she will do away with all
cause of danger and fear from the king.

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If the woman accepts this offer,
the female beggar should take her two

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or three times to the hero,
and the king's wife there should give her

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a promise of protection. After this, when the woman, delighted with her

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reception and promise of protection, again
goes to the harem. Then a female

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attendant of the king sent thither should
act as directed. Six. What has

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been said above regarding the wife of
one who has some cause of fear from

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the king applies also to the wives
of those who seek service under the king,

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or who are oppressed by the king's
ministers, or who are poor,

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or who are not satisfied with their
position, or who are desirous of gaining

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the king's favor, or who wish
to become famous among the people, or

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who are oppressed by the members of
their own caste, or who want to

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injure their caste fellows, or who
are spies of the king, or who

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have any other object to attain.
Seven. Lastly, if the woman desired

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by the king be living with some
person who is not her husband, then

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the King should cause her to be
arrested, and, having made her a

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slave on account of her crime,
should place her in the harem. Or

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the king should cause his ambassador to
quarrel with the husband of the woman desired

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by him, and should then imprison
her as the wife of an enemy of

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the king, and by this means
should place her in the harem. Thus

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ends the means of gaining over the
wives of others secretly. The above mentioned

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ways of gaining over the wives of
other men are chiefly practiced in the palaces

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of kings. But a king should
never enter the abode of another person.

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For Abhira, the king of the
Katas, was killed by a washerman while

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in the house of another and in
the same way, Jayasana, the king

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of the Kashis, was slain by
the commandant of his cavalry. Footnote.

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The exact date of the reign of
these kings is not known. It is

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supposed to have been about the beginning
of the Christian era end footnote. But

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according to the customs of some countries, there are facilities for kings to make

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love to the wives of other men. Thus, in the country of the

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Andras, the newly married daughters of
the people thereof enter the king's harem with

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some presents on the tenth day of
their marriage, and having been enjoyed by

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the king, are then dismissed.
Footnote. Andras is the modern country of

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Tailangam, which is to the south
of rajamundri En footnote. In the country

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of the Vatsagumas footnote supposed to be
a tract of the country to the south

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of mahwa En footnote, the wives
of the chief ministers approach the king at

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knight to serve him. In the
country of the Vadharbas footnote now known by

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the name of Behrar, its capital
was Kundumpura, which has been identified with

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the modern Umravati and footnote, the
beautiful wives of the inhabitants pass a month

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in the king's harem under the pretense
of affection for the king. In the

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country of the Apparatakas footnote also called
Apparentakas, being the northern and southern kankan

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and footnote, the people gave their
beautiful wives as presents to the ministers and

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the kings. And lastly, in
the country the Sarastras footnote the modern provinces

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of Katiawar, its capital was called
Ghirinagunda or the modern junagur And footnote.

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The women of the city and the
country enter the royal harem for the king's

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pleasure, either together or separately.
There are also two verses on the subject,

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as follows. The above and other
ways are the means employed in different

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countries by kings with regard to the
wives of other persons. But a king

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who as the welfare of his people
at heart, should not on any account

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put them into practice. A king
who has conquered the six enemies of mankind

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becomes the master of the whole earth. Footnote. These are lust, anger,

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avarice, spiritual ignorance, pride,
and envy, and footnote Chapter six

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about the women of the Royal Harem
and of the keeping of one's own wife.

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The women of the Royal Harem cannot
see or meet any men on account

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of their being strictly guarded. Neither
do they have their desires satisfied, because

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their only husband is common to many
wives. For this reason, among themselves

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they give pleasure to each other in
various ways, as now described, having

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dressed the daughters of their nurses,
or their female friends, or their female

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attendants. Like men. They accomplish
their object by means of bulbs, roots,

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and fruits having the form of the
lingam, or they lie down upon

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the statue of a male figure,
in which the lingam is visible and erect.

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Some kings who are compassionate take or
apply certain medicines to enable them to

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enjoy many wives in one night,
simply for the purpose of satisfying the desire

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of their women. Though they perhaps
have no desire of their own. Others

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enjoy with great affection only those wives
that they particularly like, while others only

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take them according as the turn of
each wife arrives in due course. Such

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are the ways of enjoyment prevalent in
Eastern countries. And what is said about

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the means of enjoyment of the female
is also applicable to the male. By

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means of their female attendants, the
ladies of the royal harem generally get men

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into their apartments in the disguise or
dress of women. Their female attendants and

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the daughters of their nurses, who
are acquainted with their secrets, should exert

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themselves to get men to come to
the harem in this way, by telling

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them of the good fortune attending it, and by describing the facilities of entering

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and leaving the palace, the large
size of the premises, the carelessness of

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the sentinels, and the irregularities of
the attendants about the persons of the royal

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wives. But these women should never
induce a man to enter the harem by

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telling him falsehoods, for that would
probably lead to his destruction. As for

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the man himself, he had better
not enter a Royal Harem, even though

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it may be easily accessible, on
account of the numerous disasters to which he

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may be exposed there. If,
however, he wants to enter it,

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he should first ascertain whether there is
an easy way to get out, whether

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it is closely surrounded by the pleasure
garden, whether it has separate enclosures belonging

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to it, whether the sentinels are
careless, whether the king has gone abroad.

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And then when he is called by
the women of the Harem, he

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should carefully observe the localities and enter
by the way pointed out by them.

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If he is able to manage it, he should hang about the harem every

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day, and under some pretext or
other, make friends with the sentinels,

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and show himself attached to the female
attendants of the Harem, who may have

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become acquainted with his design, and
to whom he should express his regret at

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not being able to obtain the object
of his desire. Lastly, he should

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cause the whole business of a go
between to be done by the woman who

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may have access to the harem,
and he should be careful to be able

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to recognize the emissaries of the king. When a go between has no access

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to the harem. Then the man
should stand in some place where the lady,

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whom he loves and whom he is
anxious to enjoy, can be seen.

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If that place is occupied by the
King's sentinels, he should then disguise

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himself as a female attendant of the
lady who comes to the place or passes

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by it. When she looks at
him, he should let her know his

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feelings by other outward signs and gestures, and should show her pictures, things

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with double meanings, chaplets of flowers, and rings. He should carefully mark

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the answer she gives, whether by
word or by sign or by gesture,

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and should then try and get into
the harem. If he is certain of

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her coming to some particular place,
he should conceal himself there, and at

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the appointed time should enter along with
her as one of the guards. He

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may also go in and out concealed
in a folded bed or bed covering,

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or with his body made invisible by
means of external applications. Footnote the way

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to make oneself invisible. The knowledge
of the art of transmigration, or changing

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ourselves or others into any shape or
form by the use of charms, and

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spells, the power of being in
two places at once, and other occult

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sciences are frequently referred to in all
Oriental literature and footnote. A recipe for

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one of which is as follows.
The heart of an ik numen, the

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fruit of the long gourd or tombi, and the eyes of the serpent should

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all be burnt without letting out the
smoke. The ashes should then be ground

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and mixed in equal quantities with water. By putting this mixture upon the eyes,

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a man can go about unseen.
Other means of invisibility are prescribed by

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Dujana, Brahmans and Jogishiris. Again, the man may enter the harem during

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the festival of the eighth moon in
the month of Nargashishah, and during the

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moonlight festivals, when the female attendants
of the harem are all busily occupied or

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in confusion. The following principles are
laid down on this subject. The entrance

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of young men into harems and their
exit from them generally take place when things

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are being brought into the palace or
when things are being taken out of it,

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or when drinking festivals are going on, or when the female attendants are

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in a hurry, or when the
residence of some of the royal ladies is

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being changed, or when the king's
wives go to gardens or to fairs,

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or when they enter the palace on
their return from them, or lastly,

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when the king is absent on a
long pilgrimage. The women of the royal

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harem know each other's secrets, and, having but one object to attain,

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they give assistance to each other.
A young man who enjoys all of them

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and who is common to them all
can continue enjoying his union with them as

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long as it is kept quiet and
is not known abroad. Now in the

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country of the Arparatakas, the royal
ladies are not well protected, and consequently

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many young men are passed into the
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the royal palaces. The wives of
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objects with those sentinels in the harem
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royal ladies in the country of the
Vatsagumas cause a which men are suitable to

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enter into the harem along with their
female messengers. In the country of the

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Vaidharbas that sons of the royal ladies
enter the royal harem when they please and

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enjoy the women with the exception of
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the wives of the king are enjoyed
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In the Gandha country, the royal
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servants, and slaves. In the
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and other persons like them enjoy the
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the Himavatas, adventurous citizens bribe the
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the country, the Vanyas and the
Kalmyas, Brahmans with the knowledge of the

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king, enter the harem under the
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speak with them from behind a curtain, and from such conversation union afterwards takes

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place. Lastly, the women in
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conceal one young man in the harem
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the women, thus act the wives
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man should guard his own wife.
Old authors say that a king should select

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for sentinels in his harem. Such
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well tested. But such men,
though free themselves from carnal desire, by

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reason of their fear or avarice,
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and therefore gon Kaputra says that kings
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as may have had their freedom from
carnal desires, their fear, and their

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avarice well tested. Lastly, Vetsiayana
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people might be admitted and should be
selected who are free from carnal desires,

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fear, avarice, and dharma footnotes. This may be considered as meaning religious

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influence and alludes to persons who may
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may be noted from the above remarks
that eunuchs do not appear to have been

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employed in the king's harem in those
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employed for other purposes see Part two, page forty three, en footnote.

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The followers above. Havriya say that
a man should cause his wife to associate

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with a young woman who would tell
him the secrets of other people, and

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thus find out from her about his
wife's chastity. But Vitziayana says that as

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wicked persons are always successful with women, a man should not cause his innocent

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wife to be corrupted by bringing her
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The following are the causes of the
destruction of a woman's chastity, always going

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into society and sitting in company,
absence of restraint, the loose habits of

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her husband, want of caution in
her relations with other men, continued in

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long absence of her husband living in
a foreign country, destruction of her love

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and feelings by her husband, the
company of loose women, the jealousy of

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her husband. There are also the
following verses on the subject. A clever

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man learning from the Shastras the ways
of winning over the wives of other people

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is never deceived in the case of
his own wives. No one, however,

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should make use of these ways for
seducing the wives of others, because

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they do not always succeed and moreover
often cause disasters and the destruction of dharma

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and artha. This book, which
is intended for the good of the people

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and to teach them the ways of
guarding their own wives, should not be

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made use of merely for gaining over
the wives of others. End of Part five,