Kamasutra 2.4.4

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 2.4.4

Language: Sanskrit

2.4.4

tad [1] ācchuritakam [2] ardha-candro [3] maṇḍalaṃ [4] rekhā [5] vyāghra-nakhaṃ [6] mayūra-padakaṃ [7] śaśa-plutakam [8] utpala-pattrakam iti rūpato 'ṣṭa-vikalpam.

Pressing with the nails is of the eight following kinds, according to the forms of the marks which are produced, viz:
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Sounding.
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Half moon.
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A circle.
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A line.
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A tiger's nail or claw.
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A peacock's foot.
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The jump of a hare.
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The leaf of a blue lotus.
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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