[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) › 2.4.1 # Kamasutra 2.4.1 Kāmasūtra 2.4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.1) rāgavṛddhau saṃgharṣātmakaṃ nakhavilekhanam// > When love becomes intense, pressing with the nails or scratching the body with them is practiced, and it is done on the following occasions: On the first visit; at the time of setting out on a journey; on the return from a journey; at the time when an angry lover is reconciled; and lastly when the woman is intoxicated. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.32) - [Next: 2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.2) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.4.p2) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.13.1) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.4.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.1) · Pramāṇa