[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) › 2.3.1 # Kamasutra 2.3.1 Kāmasūtra 2.3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.1) cumbananakhadaśanacchedyānāṃ na paurvāparyam asti/ rāgayogāt/ prāk saṃyogād eṣāṃ prādhānyena prayogaḥ/ prahaṇanasītkṛtayoś ca saṃprayoge// > It is said by some that there is no fixed time or order between the embrace, the kiss, and the pressing or scratching with the nails or fingers, but that all these things should be done generally before sexual union takes place, while striking and making the various sounds generally takes place at the time of the union. Vatsyayana, however, thinks that anything may take place at any time, for love does not care for time or order. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3) - [Next: 2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.2) - [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.p2) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.p3) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.1) · Pramāṇa