[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) › 2.1.33 # Kamasutra 2.1.33 Kāmasūtra 2.1.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.33) pramāṇakālabhāvajānāṃ saṃprayogāṇām ekaikasya navavidhatvāt teṣāṃ vyatikare suratasaṃkhyā na śakyate kartum/ atibahutvāt// > There being thus nine kinds of union with regard to dimensions, force of passion, and time, respectively, by making combinations of them, innumerable kinds of union would be produced. Therefore in each particular kind of sexual union, men should use such means as they may think suitable for the occasion. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.32) - [Next: 2.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.34) - [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.p33) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.66) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.33) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.33) · Pramāṇa