[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) › 2.2.26 # Kamasutra 2.2.26 Kāmasūtra 2.2.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.26) mukhe mukham āsajyākṣiṇī akṣṇor lalāṭena lalāṭam āhanyāt sā lalāṭikā// > (4) When either of the lovers touches the mouth, the eyes and the forehead of the other with his or her own, it is called the "embrace of the forehead." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.25) - [Next: 2.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.27) - [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.p36) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.2.26) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.26) · Pramāṇa