[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) › 2.3.23 # Kamasutra 2.3.23 Kāmasūtra 2.3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.23) samaṃ pīḍitam añcitaṃ mṛdu śeṣāṅgeṣu cumbanaṃ sthānaviśeṣayogāt/ iti cumbanaviśeṣāḥ// > Kissing is of four kinds, viz., moderate, contracted, pressed, and soft, according to the different parts of the body which are kissed, for different kinds of kisses are appropriate for different parts of the body. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.22) - [Next: 2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.24) - [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.p25) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.25) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.23) · Pramāṇa