[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) › 2.1.31 # Kamasutra 2.1.31 Kāmasūtra 2.1.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.31) sadṛśatvasya siddhatvāt, kālayoginy api bhāvato 'pi kālataḥ pramāṇavad eva nava ratāni// > The pleasure of men and women being thus proved to be of the same kind, it follows that in regard to time, there are nine kinds of sexual intercourse, in the same way as there are nine kinds according to the force of passion. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.30) - [Next: 2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.32) - [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.p32) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.64) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.31) · Pramāṇa