[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) › 2.3.24 # Kamasutra 2.3.24 Kāmasūtra 2.3.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.24) suptasya mukham \*avalokayantyāḥ svābhiprāyeṇa cumbanaṃ rāgadīpanam// > When a woman looks at the face of her lover while he is asleep, and kisses it to show her intention or desire, it is called a "kiss that kindles love." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.23) - [Next: 2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.25) - [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.p26) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.26) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.24) · Pramāṇa