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# Kamasutra 2.3.29

Kāmasūtra 2.3.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.29)

bālasya citrakarmaṇaḥ pratimāyāś ca cumbanaṃ saṃkrāntakam āliṅganaṃ ca//

> When a person kisses a child sitting on his lap, or a picture, or an image, or figure, in the presence of the person beloved by him, it is called a "transferred kiss."  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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## Translations (1)

- [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.3.p30) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.31) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.29) — Sanskrit

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