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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.
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