[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) › [Kamasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) › 2.1.16 # Kamasutra 2.1.16 Kāmasūtra 2.1.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.16) tac ca na/ kaṇḍūtipratīkāro 'pi hi dīrghakālaṃ priya iti/ etad upapadyata eva/ tasmāt saṃdigdhatvād alakṣaṇam iti// > But this opinion does not hold good, for if it takes a long time to allay a woman's desire, and during this time she is enjoying great pleasure, it is quite natural then that she should wish for its continuation. And on this subject there is a verse as follows:— > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.15) - [Next: 2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.17) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.1.p18) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.27) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.16) · Pramāṇa