[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra and its Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school) › [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) › [Jayamangala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala) › 16.3 # Kamasutra 16.3 Jayamaṅgalā 16.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.3) taditi | prahaṇanaṃ ghātaścaturvidham, apahastakādiprahaṇanasya caturvidhatvāt, prahaṇyate vā sthānamaneneti prahaṇanamapahastakādīni, karaṇe lyuṭ, tatrāpahastako hastapṛṣṭhaṃ prasṛtāṅguli, prasṛtakaṃ vakṣyati, muṣṭiḥ prasiddhaḥ, samatalakaṃ=susthirahastatalaṃ, yasya mustaketi prasiddhiḥ| dvitīyaṃ prakaraṇaṃ prahaṇanāntargatamiti darśayannāha- - [Previous: 16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.2) - [Next: 16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.4) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.2.7.3) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.3) · Pramāṇa