surpass
their husbands in learning and good looks, in good qualities, and in liberality;
men whose dress and manner of living are magnificent.
The
following are the women who are easily gained over: women who stand at the doors
of their houses; women who are always looking out on the street women who sit
conversing in their neighbor's house; a woman who always stares at men; a
female messenger; a woman who looks sideways at men; a woman whose husband has
taken another wife without any just cause; a woman who hates her husband, or who
has not had any children; a woman whose family or caste is not well known; a
woman whose children are dead; a woman who is very fond of society; a woman who
is apparently very affectionate with her husband; the wife of an actor; a widow;
a poor woman; a woman fond of enjoyment; the wife of a man with many younger
brothers; a vain woman; a woman whose husband is inferior to her in rank or
abilities; a woman who is proud of her skill in the arts; a woman disturbed in
mind by the folly of her husband; a woman who has been married in her infancy to
a rich man, and not liking him when she grows up, desires a man possessing a
disposition, talents, and wisdom suitable for to her own tastes; a woman who is
slighted by her husband without any cause; a woman who is not respected by other
women of the same rank or beauty as herself; a woman whose husband is devoted to
traveling; the wife of a jeweler; a jealous woman; a covetous woman; an immoral
woman; a barren woman; a lazy woman; a cowardly woman; a humpbacked woman; a
dwarfish woman; a deformed woman; a vulgar woman; an ill-smelling woman; a sick
woman; an old woman.
There
are also two verses on the subject as follows: 'Desire which springs from
nature, and which is increased by art, and from which all danger is taken away
by wisdom, becomes firm and secure. A
clever man, depending on his own ability, and observing carefully the ideas and
thoughts of women, and removing the causes of their turning away from men, is
generally successful with them.'