[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) › 2.2.18 # Kamasutra 2.2.18 Kāmasūtra 2.2.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.18) śayanagatāv evorūvyatyāsaṃ bhujavyatyāsaṃ ca sasaṃgharṣam iva ghanaṃ saṃsvajete tat tilataṇḍulakam// > (3) When lovers lie on a bed and embrace each other so closely that the arms and thighs of the one are encircled by the arms and thighs of the other, and are, as it were, rubbing up against them, this is called an embrace like "the mixture of sesamum seed with rice." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.17) - [Next: 2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.19) - [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.p24) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.11.19) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.2.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.18) · Pramāṇa