Kamasutra 2.5

2.5

daśanacchedyavihayo

2.5.1

uttarauṣṭham antarmukhaṃ nayanam iti muktvā cumbanavad daśanaradanasthānāni//

All the places that can be kissed, are also the places that can be bitten, except the upper lip, the interior of the mouth, and the eyes.

2.5.2

samāḥ snigdhacchāyā rāgagrāhiṇo yuktapramāṇā niśchidrās tīkṣṇāgrā iti daśanaguṇāḥ//

The qualities of good teeth are as follows: They should be equal, possessed of a pleasing brightness, capable of being colored, of proper proportions, unbroken, and with sharp ends.

2.5.3

kuṇṭhā rājy udgatāḥ paruṣāḥ viṣamāḥ ślakṣṇāḥ pṛthavo viralā iti ca doṣāḥ//

The defects of teeth on the other hand are, that they are blunt, protruding from the gums, rough, soft, large, and loosely set.

2.5.4

gūḍhakam ucchūnakaṃ bindur bindumālā *pravāsamaṇir maṇimālā khaṇḍābhrakaṃ varāhacarvitakam iti daśanacchedanavikalpāḥ//

The following are the different kinds of biting, viz:

The hidden bite.

The swollen bite.

The point.

The line of points.

The coral and the jewel.

The line of jewels.

The broken cloud.

The biting of the boar.

2.5.5

nātilohitena rāgamātreṇa vibhāvanīyaṃ gūḍhakam//

(i) The biting which is shown only by the excessive redness of the skin that is bitten, is called the "hidden bite."

2.5.6

tad eva pīḍanād ucchūnakam//

(2) When the skin is pressed down on both sides, it is called the "swollen bite."

2.5.7

tad ubhayaṃ bindur adharamadhya iti//

2.5.8

ucchūnakaṃ pravālamaṇiś ca kapole//

2.5.9

karṇapūracumbanaṃ nakhadaśanacchedyam iti savyakapolamaṇḍanāni//

2.5.10

dantauṣṭhasaṃyogābhyāsaniṣpādanāt pravālamaṇisiddhiḥ//

(5) The biting which is done by bringing together the teeth and the lips, is called the "coral and the jewel." The lip is the coral, and the teeth the jewel.

2.5.11

sarvasyeyaṃ maṇimālāyāś ca//

(6) When biting is done with all the teeth, it is called the line or jewels.

2.5.12

alpadeśāyāś ca tvaco daśanadvayasaṃdaṃśajā bindusiddhiḥ//

2.5.13

sarvair bindumālāyāś ca//

2.5.14

tasmān mālādvayam api galakakṣavaṅkṣaṇapradeśeṣu//

2.5.15

lalāṭe corvor bindumāla//

2.5.16

maṇḍalam iva viṣamakūṭakayuktaṃ khaṇḍābhrakaṃ stanapṛṣṭha eva//

(7) The biting which consists of unequal risings in a circle, and which comes from the space between the teeth, is called the "broken cloud." This is impressed on the breasts.

2.5.17

saṃhatāḥ pradīrghā bahvyo daśanapadarājayas tāmrāntarālā varāhacarvitakam/ stanapṛṣṭha eva//

(8) The biting which consists of many broad rows of marks near to one another, and with red intervals, is called the "biting of a boar." This is impressed on the breasts an the shoulders; and these two last modes of biting are peculiar to persons of intense passion.

2.5.18

tad ubhayam api ca caṇḍavegayoḥ/ iti daśanacchedyāni//

Here end the different kinds of biting.

2.5.19

viśeṣake karṇapūre puṣpāpīḍe tāmbūlapalāśe tamālapattre ceti prayojyāgāmiṣu nakhadaśanacchedyādīny ābhiyogikāni//

2.5.20

deśasātmyāc ca yoṣita upacaret//

In the affairs of love a man should do such things as are agreeable to the women of different countires.

2.5.21

madhyadeśyā āryaprāyāḥ śucy upacarāś cumbananakhadantapadadveṣiṇyaḥ//

The women of the central countries (i.e., between the Ganges and the Jumna) are noble in their character, not accustomed to disgraceful practices, and dislike pressing with the nails and biting.

2.5.22

bāhlīkadeśyā āvantikāś ca//

The women of the Balhika country are gained over by striking.

The women of Avantika are fond of foul pleasures, and have not good manners.

The women of Avanti hate kissing, marking with the nails, and biting, but they have a fondness for various kinds of sexual union.

2.5.23

citrarateṣu tv āsām abhiniveśaḥ//

2.5.24

pariṣvaṅgacumbananakhadantacūṣaṇapradhānāḥ kṣatavarjitāḥ prahaṇanasādhyā mālavya ābhīryaś ca//

The women of Malwa like embracing and kissing, but not wounding, and they are gained over by striking.

The women of Abhira, and those of the country about the Indus and five rivers (i.e., the Punjab), are gained over by the Auparishtaka or mouth congress.

2.5.25

sindhuṣaṣṭhānāṃ ca nadīnām antarālīyā aupariṣṭakasātmyāḥ//

2.5.26

caṇḍavegā mandasītkṛtā āparāntikā lāṭhyaś ca//

The women of Aparatika are full of passion, and make slowly the sound "Sit."

The women of the Lat country have even more impetuous desire, and also make the sound "Sit."

2.5.27

dṛḍhaprahaṇanayoginyaḥ kharavegā eva, apadravyapradhānāḥ strīrājye kośalāyāṃ ca//

The women of the Stri Rajya, and of Koshola (Oude) are full of impetuous desire, their semen falls in large quantities, and they are fond of taking medicine to make it do so.

2.5.28

prakṛtyā mṛdvyo ratipriyā aśucirucayo nirācārāś cāndhryaḥ//

The women of the Audhra country have tender bodies, they are fond of enjoyment, and have a liking for voluptuous pleasures.

2.5.29

sakalacatuḥṣaṣṭiprayogarāgiṇyo 'ślīlaparuṣavākyapriyāḥ śayane ca sarabhasopakramā mahārāṣṭrikāḥ//

2.5.30

tathāvidhā eva rahasi prakāśante nāgarikāḥ//

2.5.31

mṛdyamānāś cābhiyogān mandaṃ mandaṃ prasiñcante draviḍyaḥ//

2.5.32

madhyamavegāḥ sarvaṃsahāḥ svāṅgapracchādinyaḥ parāṅgahāsinyaḥ kutsitāślīlaparuṣaparihāriṇyo vānavāsikāḥ//

2.5.33

mṛdubhāṣiṇyo 'nurāgavatyo mṛdvyaṅgyaś ca gauḍyaḥ//

The women of Ganda have tender bodies, and speak sweetly.

2.5.34

deśasātmyāt prakṛtisātmyaṃ balīya iti suvarṇanābhaḥ/ na tatra deśyā upacārāḥ//

Now Suvarnanabha is of opinion that that which is agreeable to the nature of a particular person, is of more consequence than that which is agreeable to a whole nation, and that therefore the peculiarities of the country should not be observed in such cases. The various pleasures, the dress, and the sports of one country are in time borrowed by another, and in such a case these things must be considered as belonging originally to that country.

2.5.35

kālayogāc ca deśād deśāntaram upacāraveṣalīlāś ca^*anugacchanti/ tac ca vidyāt//

2.5.36

upagūhanādiṣu ca rāgavardhanaṃ pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ vicitram uttaram uttaraṃ ca//

Among the things mentioned above, viz., embracing, kissing, etc., those which increase passion should be done first, and those which are only for amusement or variety should be done afterwards.

2.5.37

vāryamāṇaś ca puruṣo yat kuryāt tad anu kṣatam/
amṛṣyamāṇā dviguṇaṃ tad eva pratiyojayet//

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one hundred years."

2.5.38

bindoḥ pratikriyā mālā mālāyāś cābhrakhaṇḍakam/
iti krodhādivāviṣṭā kalahān pratiyojayet//

2.5.39

sakacagraham unnamya mukhaṃ tasya tataḥ pibet/
nilīyeta daśec caiva tatra tatra maderitā//

2.5.40

unnamya kaṇṭhe kāntasya saṃśritā vakṣasaḥ sthalīm/
maṇimālāṃ prayuñjīta yac cānyad api lakṣitam//

2.5.41

divāpi janasaṃbādhe nāyakena pradarśitam/
uddiśya svakṛtaṃ cihnaṃ hased anyair alakṣitā//

2.5.42

vikūṇayantīva mukhaṃ kutsayantīva nāyakam/
svagātrasthāni cihnāni sāsūyeva pradarśayet//

2.5.43

parasparānukūlyena tad evaṃ lajjamānayoḥ/
saṃvatsaraśatenāpi prītir na parihīyate//