[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) › 2.3.19 # Kamasutra 2.3.19 Kāmasūtra 2.3.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.19) tasyāṃ cubanty āmayam apy uttaraṃ gṛhṇīyāt/ ity uttaracumbitam// > When a man kisses the upper lip of a woman, while she in return kisses his lower lip, it is called the "kiss of the upper lip." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.18) - [Next: 2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.20) - [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.p23) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.21) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.19) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.19) · Pramāṇa