Kamasutra 2.1.4
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 2.1.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.4
sāmye 'py uccāṅkaṃ nīcāṅkāj jyāyaḥ. iti pramāṇato nava-ratāni.
There are then, nine kinds of union according to dimensions. Amongest all these, equal-unions are the best, those of a superlative degree, i.e., the highest and lowest, are the worst, and the rest are middling, and with them the high are better than the low.
Translations (1)
- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English
Commentaries (1)
- Jayamaṅgalā — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Nirṇayasāgara edition (1900) — Sanskrit