[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) › 2.4.6 # Kamasutra 2.4.6 Kāmasūtra 2.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.6) pravṛttaraticakrāṇāṃ na sthānam asthānaṃ vā vidyata iti suvarṇanābhaḥ// > The places that are to be pressed with the nails are as follows: the arm pit, the throat, the breasts, the lips, the jaghana, or middle parts of the body, and the thighs. But Suvarnanabha is of opinion that when the impetuosity of passion is excessive, then the places need not be considered. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.5) - [Next: 2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.7) - [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.p13) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.13.6) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.4.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.4.6) · Pramāṇa