The Kama Sutra

When the woman is in her own house, and has quarrelled with her lover,

she should go to him and show how angry she is, and leave him.

Afterwards the citizen having sent the Vita,[41] the Vidushaka[41] or

the Pithamurda[41] to pacify her, she should accompany them back to the

house, and spend the night with her lover.

Thus end the love quarrels.

In conclusion.

A man, employing the sixty-four means mentioned by Babhravya, obtains

his object, and enjoys the woman of the first quality. Though he may

speak well on other subjects, if he does not know the sixty-four

divisions, no great respect is paid to him in the assembly of the

learned. A man, devoid of other knowledge, but well acquainted with the

sixty-four divisions, becomes a leader in any society of men and women.

What man will not respect the sixty-four parts,[42] considering they are

respected by the learned, by the cunning, and by the courtezans. As the

sixty-four parts are respected, are charming, and add to the talent of

women, they are called by the Acharyas dear to women. A man skilled in

the sixty-four parts is looked upon with love by his own wife, by the

wives of others, and by courtezans.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 40: The fresh juice of the cocoa nut tree, the date tree, and

other kinds of palm trees are drunk in India. It will not keep fresh

very long, but ferments rapidly, and is then distilled into liquor.]

[Footnote 41: The characteristics of these three individuals have been

given in Part I. page 31.]

[Footnote 42: A definition of the sixty-four parts, or divisions, is

given in Chapter II., page 45.]