[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) › 2.3.12 # Kamasutra 2.3.12 Kāmasūtra 2.3.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.12) aṅgulisaṃpuṭena piṇḍīkṛtya nirdaśanam oṣṭhapuṭenāvapīḍayed ity avapīḍitakaṃ pañcamam api karaṇam// > There is also a fifth kind of kiss called the "greatly pressed kiss," which is effected by taking hold of the lower lip between two fingers, and then after touching it with the tongue, pressing it with great force with the lip. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.11) - [Next: 2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.13) - [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.p21) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.14) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.12) · Pramāṇa