[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) › 2.3.10 # Kamasutra 2.3.10 Kāmasūtra 2.3.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.10) īṣat parigṛhya vinimīlitanayanā kareṇa ca tasya nayane avacchādayantī jihvāgreṇa ghaṭṭayati iti ghaṭṭitakam// > (3) When a girl touches her lover's lip with her tongue, and having shut her eyes, places her hands on those of her lover, it is called the "touching kiss.' > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.9) - [Next: 2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.11) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.3.p11) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.12) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.10) · Pramāṇa