under the control of another.
Or lastly thus:

My enemy is a friend of this woman's husband, I shall therefore cause her to join him, and will thus create an enmity between her husband and him.
For these and similar other reasons the wives of other men may be resorted to, but it must be distinctly understood that is only allowed for special reasons, and not for mere carnal desire.

Charayana thinks that under these circumstances there is also a fifth kind of Nayika, viz. a woman who is kept by a minister, or who repairs to him occasionally; or a widow who accomplishes the purpose of a man with the person to whom she resorts.

Suvarnanabha adds that a woman who passes the life of an ascetic and in the condition of a widow may be considered as a sixth kind of Nayika.

Ghotakamukha says that the daughter of a public woman, and a female servant, who are still virgins, form a seventh kind of Nayika.

Gonardiya puts forth his doctrine that any woman born of good family, after she has come of age, is an eighth kind of Nayika.

But these four latter kinds of Nayikas do not differ much from the first four kinds of them, as there is no separate object in resorting to them. Therefore, Vatsyayana is of opinion that there are only four kinds of Nayikas, i.e. the maid, the twice-married woman, the public woman, and the woman resorted to for a special purpose.

The following women are not to be enjoyed:

  • A leper

  • A lunatic

  • A woman turned out of caste

  • A woman who reveals secrets

  • A woman who publicly expresses desire for sexual intercourse

  • A woman who is extremely white

  • A woman who is extremely black

  • A bad-smelling woman

  • A woman who is a near relation

  • A woman who is a female friend

  • A woman who leads the life of an ascetic

  • And, lastly the wife of a relation, of a friend, of a learned Brahman, and of the king
The followers of Babhravya say that any woman who has been enjoyed by five men is a fit and proper person to be enjoyed. But Gonikaputra is of opinion that even when this is the case, the wives of a relation, of a learned Brahman and of a king should be excepted.

The following are of the kind of friends:

  • One who has played with you in the dust, i.e. in childhood

  • One who is bound by an obligation

  • One who is of the same disposition and fond of the same things

  • One who is a fellow student

  • One who is acquainted with your secrets and faults, and whose faults and secrets are also known to you

  • One who is a child of your nurse

  • One who is brought up with you one who is an hereditary friend

  By PanEris using Melati.

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