[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) › 2.2.11 # Kamasutra 2.2.11 Kāmasūtra 2.2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.11) tamasi janasaṃbādhe vijane vātha śanakair gacchator nātihrasvakālam uddharṣaṇaṃ parasparasya gātrāṇām uddhṛṣṭakam// > (3) When two lovers are walking slowly together, either in the dark, or in a place of public resort, or in a lonely place, and rub their bodies against each other, it is called a "rubbing embrace." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.10) - [Next: 2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.12) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.2.p13) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.11.12) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.2.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.11) · Pramāṇa