[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) › 2.4.30 # Kamasutra 2.4.30 Kāmasūtra 2.4.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.30) puruṣaś ca pradeśeṣu nakhacihnair vicihnitaḥ/ cittaṃ sthiram api prāyaś calayaty eva yoṣitaḥ// > A man, also, who carries the marks of nails and teeth on some parts of his body, influences the mind of a woman, even though it be ever so firm. In short, nothing tends to increase love so much as the effects of marking with the nails, and biting. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.29) - [Next: 2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.31) - [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.p36) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.13.30) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.4.30) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmakuñjalatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamakunjalata.22.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.30) · Pramāṇa