[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) › 2.4.31 # Kamasutra 2.4.31 Kāmasūtra 2.4.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.31) nānyat paṭutaraṃ kiṃ cid asti rāgavivardhanam/ nakhadantasamutthānāṃ karmaṇāṃ gatayo yathā// > 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: 2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.30) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5) - [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.13.31) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.4.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.31) · Pramāṇa