[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) › 2.4.2 # Kamasutra 2.4.2 Kāmasūtra 2.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.2) tasya prathamasamāgame pravāsapratyāgamane pravāsagamane kruddhaprasannāyāṃ mattāyāṃ ca prayogaḥ/ na nityam acaṇḍavegayoḥ// > 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 > But pressing with the nails is not an usual thing except with those who are intensely passionate, i.e., full of passion. It is employed together with biting, by those to whom the practice is agreeable. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.1) - [Next: 2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.3) - [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.13.2) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.4.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.2) · Pramāṇa