[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) › 2.3.11 # Kamasutra 2.3.11 Kāmasūtra 2.3.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.11) samaṃ tiryag udbhrāntam avapīḍitakam iti caturvidham apare// > Other authors describe four other kinds of kisses, viz.: > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > The straight kiss. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > The bent kiss. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > The turned kiss. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > The pressed kiss. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (1) When the lips of two lovers are brought into direct contact with each other, it is called a "straight kiss." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (2) When the heads of two lovers are bent towards each other, and when so bent, kissing takes place, it is called a "bent kiss." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (3) When one of them turns up the face of the other by holding the head and chin, and then kissing, it is called a "turned kiss." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (4) Lastly when the lower lip is pressed with much force, it is called a "pressed kiss." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.10) - [Next: 2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.12) - [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.p12) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.13) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.11) · Pramāṇa