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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, [1] 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.

End of Part II.


  1. A definition of the sixty-four parts, or divisions, is given in Chapter II, page 37.