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# Kamasutra 2.2.22

Kāmasūtra 2.2.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.22)

suvarṇanābhasya tv adhikam ekāṅgopagūhanacatuṣṭayam//

> Suvarnanabha moreover gives us four ways of embracing simple members of the body, which are:  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> The embrace of the thighs.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> The embrace of the jaghana, i.e., the part of the body from the naval downwards to the thighs.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> The embrace of the breasts.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> The embrace of the forehead.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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## Translations (1)

- [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.2.p28) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.11.23) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.2.22) — Sanskrit

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