[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) › 2.2.6 # Kamasutra 2.2.6 Kāmasūtra 2.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.6) tatrāsamāgatayoḥ prītiliṅgadyotanārtham āliṅganacatuṣṭayam ---spṛṣṭakam, viddhakam, uddhṛṣṭakam, pīḍitakam, iti// > Now the embrace which indicates the mutual love of a man and woman who have come together is of four kinds, viz.— > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Touching. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Piercing. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Rubbing. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > Pressing. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.5) - [Next: 2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.7) - [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.p4) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.11.7) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.2.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.2.6) · Pramāṇa