[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) › 2.1.22 # Kamasutra 2.1.22 Kāmasūtra 2.1.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.22) suratānte sukhaṃ puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ tu satataṃ sukham/ dhātukṣayanimittā ca virāmecchopajāyate// > “The fall of the semen of the man takes place only at the end of coition, while the semen of the woman falls continually, and after the semen of both has all fallen away they wish for the discontinuance of coition.” > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.21) - [Next: 2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.23) - [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.p23) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.22) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.22) · Pramāṇa