Kamasutra 2.4.12
Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 2.4.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.4.12
taiḥ su:niyamitair hanu-deśe stanayor adhare vā laghu-karaṇam an:udgata-lekhaṃ sparśa-mātra-jananād romāñca-karam ante saṃnipāta-vardhamāna-śabdam [1] ācchuritakam.
(1) When a person presses the chin, the breasts, the lower lip, or the jaghana of another so softly that no scratch or mark is left, but only the hair on the body becomes erect from the touch of the nails, and the nails themselves make a sound, it is called a "sounding or pressing with the nails."
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