[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) › 2.3.8 # Kamasutra 2.3.8 Kāmasūtra 2.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.8) balāt kāreṇa niyuktā mukhe mukham ādhatte na tu viceṣṭata iti nimitakam// > (1) When a girl only touches the mouth of her lover with her own, but does not herself do anything, it is called the "nominal kiss." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.7) - [Next: 2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.9) - [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.p9) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.10) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.8) · Pramāṇa