Kamasutra 2.5

2.5.1

uttarauṣṭham antar:mukhaṃ nayanam iti muktvā cumbanavad daśana-radana-sthānāni.

All the places that can be kissed, are also the places that can be bitten, except the upper lip, the interior of the mouth, and the eyes.

2.5.2

samāḥ snigdha-cchāyā rāga-grāhiṇo yukta-pramāṇā niś:chidrās tīkṣṇāgrā iti daśana-guṇāḥ.

The qualities of good teeth are as follows: They should be equal, possessed of a pleasing brightness, capable of being colored, of proper proportions, unbroken, and with sharp ends.

2.5.3

kuṇṭhā rājy-udgatāḥ paruṣāḥ viṣamāḥ ślakṣṇāḥ pṛthavo viralā iti ca doṣāḥ.

The defects of teeth on the other hand are, that they are blunt, protruding from the gums, rough, soft, large, and loosely set.

2.5.4

[1] gūḍhakam [2] ucchūnakaṃ((14)) [3] bindur [4] bindu-mālā [5] pravāla-maṇir [6] maṇi-mālā [7] khaṇḍābhrakaṃ [8] varāha-carvitakam iti daśana-cchedan-vikalpāḥ.

The following are the different kinds of biting, viz:

The hidden bite.

The swollen bite.

The point.

The line of points.

The coral and the jewel.

The line of jewels.

The broken cloud.

The biting of the boar.

2.5.5

nātilohitena rāga-mātreṇa vibhāvanīyaṃ [1] gūḍhakam.

(i) The biting which is shown only by the excessive redness of the skin that is bitten, is called the "hidden bite."

2.5.6

tad eva pīḍanād [2] ucchūnakam.

(2) When the skin is pressed down on both sides, it is called the "swollen bite."

2.5.7

tad ubhayaṃ bindur adhara-madhya iti.

(2) When the skin is pressed down on both sides, it is called the "swollen bite."

2.5.8

ucchūnakaṃ pravāla-maṇiś ca kapole.

(2) When the skin is pressed down on both sides, it is called the "swollen bite."

2.5.9

karṇapūra-cumbanaṃ nakha-daśana-cchedyam iti savya-kapola-maṇḍanāni.

(2) When the skin is pressed down on both sides, it is called the "swollen bite."

2.5.10

dantauṣṭha-saṃyogābhyāsa-niṣpādanatvāt [5] pravāla-maṇi-siddhiḥ.

(5) The biting which is done by bringing together the teeth and the lips, is called the "coral and the jewel." The lip is the coral, and the teeth the jewel.

2.5.11

sarvasyeyaṃ [6] maṇi-mālāyāś ca.

(6) When biting is done with all the teeth, it is called the line or jewels.

2.5.12

alpa-deśāyāś ca tvaco daśana-dvaya-saṃdaṃśa-jā [3] bindu-siddhiḥ

2.5.13

sarvair [4] bindu-mālāyāś ca.

2.5.14

tasmān mālā-dvayam api gala-kakṣa-vaṃkṣaṇa-pradeśeṣu.

2.5.15

lalāṭe corvor bindu-mālā.

2.5.16

maṇdalam iva viṣama-kūṭaka-yuktaṃ [7] khaṇḍābhrakaṃ stana-pṛṣṭha eva.

(7) The biting which consists of unequal risings in a circle, and which comes from the space between the teeth, is called the "broken cloud." This is impressed on the breasts.

2.5.17

saṃhatāḥ pradīrghā bahvyo daśana-pada-rājayas tāmrāntarālā [8] varāha-carvitakam. stana-pṛṣṭha eva.

(8) The biting which consists of many broad rows of marks near to one another, and with red intervals, is called the "biting of a boar." This is impressed on the breasts an the shoulders; and these two last modes of biting are peculiar to persons of intense passion.

2.5.18

tad ubhayam api caṇḍa-vegayoḥ.
iti daśana-cchedyāni.

(8) The biting which consists of many broad rows of marks near to one another, and with red intervals, is called the "biting of a boar." This is impressed on the breasts an the shoulders; and these two last modes of biting are peculiar to persons of intense passion.

Here end the different kinds of biting.

2.5.19

viśeṣake karṇapūre puṣpa-pīḍe tāmbūla-palāśe tamāla-pattre ceti prayojyāgāmiṣu nakha-daśana- cchedyādīny abhiyogikāni.

Here end the different kinds of biting.

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Here end the different kinds of biting.

2.5.20

deśa-sātmyāc ca yoṣita upacaret.

In the affairs of love a man should do such things as are agreeable to the women of different countires.

2.5.21

madhya-deśyā ārya-prāyāḥ śucy-upacārāś cumbana-nakha-danta-pada-dveṣiṇyaḥ.

The women of the central countries (i.e., between the Ganges and the Jumna) are noble in their character, not accustomed to disgraceful practices, and dislike pressing with the nails and biting.

2.5.22

bāhlīka-deśyā āvāntikāś ca.

The women of the Balhika country are gained over by striking.

The women of Avantika are fond of foul pleasures, and have not good manners.

The women of Avanti hate kissing, marking with the nails, and biting, but they have a fondness for various kinds of sexual union.

2.5.23

citra-rateṣu tv āsām abhiniveśaḥ.

The women of Avanti hate kissing, marking with the nails, and biting, but they have a fondness for various kinds of sexual union.

2.5.24

pariṣvaṅga-cumbana-nakha-danta-cūṣaṇa-pradhānāḥ kṣata-varjitāḥ prahanaṇa-sādhyā mālavya ābhīryaś ca.

The women of Malwa like embracing and kissing, but not wounding, and they are gained over by striking.

The women of Abhira, and those of the country about the Indus and five rivers (i.e., the Punjab), are gained over by the Auparishtaka or mouth congress.

2.5.25

sindhuṣaṣṭḥānāṃ ca nadīnām antarālīyā aupariṣṭaka-sātmyāḥ.

The women of Abhira, and those of the country about the Indus and five rivers (i.e., the Punjab), are gained over by the Auparishtaka or mouth congress.

2.5.26

caṇḍa-vegā manda-sītkṛtā āparāntikā lāṭyaś ca.

The women of Aparatika are full of passion, and make slowly the sound "Sit."

The women of the Lat country have even more impetuous desire, and also make the sound "Sit."

2.5.27

dṛḍha-prahaṇana-yoginyaḥ khara-vegā eva apadravya-pradhānāḥ strīrājye kośālāyāṃ ca.

The women of the Stri Rajya, and of Koshola (Oude) are full of impetuous desire, their semen falls in large quantities, and they are fond of taking medicine to make it do so.

2.5.28

prakṛtyā mṛdvyo rati-priyā a:śuci-rucayo nir:ācārāś ca āndhryaḥ.

The women of the Audhra country have tender bodies, they are fond of enjoyment, and have a liking for voluptuous pleasures.

2.5.29

sakala-catuḥṣaśṭi-prayoga-rāgiṇyo 'ślīla-paruṣa-vākya-priyāḥ śayane ca sa:rabhasopakramā mahārāṣṭrikāḥ.

2.5.30

tathā-vidhā eva rahasi prakāśante nāgarikāḥ((15)).

2.5.31

mṛdyamānāś cābhiyogān mandaṃ mandaṃ prasiñcante draviḍyaḥ..2.5.32 madhyama-vegāḥ sarva-sahāḥ svāṅga-pracchādinyaḥ parāṅga-hāsinyaḥ kutsitāślīla-paruṣa- parihāriṇyo vānavāsikāḥ.

2.5.33

mṛdu-bhāṣiṇyo 'nurāgavatyo mṛdvyaṅgyaś((16)) ca gauḍyaḥ.

The women of Ganda have tender bodies, and speak sweetly.

2.5.34

deśa-sātmyāt prakṛti-sātmyaṃ balīya iti suvarṇanābhaḥ. na tatra deśyā upacārāḥ.

Now Suvarnanabha is of opinion that that which is agreeable to the nature of a particular person, is of more consequence than that which is agreeable to a whole nation, and that therefore the peculiarities of the country should not be observed in such cases. The various pleasures, the dress, and the sports of one country are in time borrowed by another, and in such a case these things must be considered as belonging originally to that country.

2.5.35

kāla-yogāc ca deśād deśāntaram upacāra-veṣa-līlāś cānugacchanti tac ca vidyāt.

Now Suvarnanabha is of opinion that that which is agreeable to the nature of a particular person, is of more consequence than that which is agreeable to a whole nation, and that therefore the peculiarities of the country should not be observed in such cases. The various pleasures, the dress, and the sports of one country are in time borrowed by another, and in such a case these things must be considered as belonging originally to that country.

2.5.36

upagūhanādiṣu ca rāga-vardhanaṃ pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ vicitram uttaram uttaraṃ ca.

Among the things mentioned above, viz., embracing, kissing, etc., those which increase passion should be done first, and those which are only for amusement or variety should be done afterwards.

2.5.37

vāryamāṇaś ca puruṣo yat kuryāt tad anu kṣatam. a:mṛṣyamāṇā dvi-guṇaṃ tad eva pratiyojayet..

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5.38

bindoḥ pratikriyā mālā mālāyāś cābhrakhaṇḍakam. iti krodhād ivāviṣṭā kalahān pratiyojayet..

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5.39

sakacagraham unnamya mukhaṃ tasya tataḥ pibet. nilīyeta daśec caiva tatra tatra maderitā..

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5.40

unnamya kaṇṭhe kāntasya saṃśritā vakṣasaḥ sthalīm. maṇi-mālāṃ prayuñjīta yac canyad api lakṣitam..

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5.41

divāpi janasaṃbādhe nāyakena pradarśitam. uddiśya sva-kṛtaṃ cihnaṃ hased anyair a:lakṣitā..

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5.42

vikūṇayantīva((17)) mukhaṃ kutsayantīva((18)) nāyakam. sva-gātra-sthāni cihnāni sāsūyeva pradarśayet..

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5.43

parasparānukūlyena tad evam lajjamānayoḥ. saṃvatsara-śatenāpi prītir na parihīyate..

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5_2

iti śrīvātyāyanīye kāmasūtre sāṃprayogike dvitīye 'dhikaraṇe daśana-cchedya--vidhayo deśyāś copacārāḥ pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ. ādito daśamaḥ.

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