[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) › 2.5.23 # Kamasutra 2.5.23 Kāmasūtra 2.5.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.23) citrarateṣu tv āsām abhiniveśaḥ// > The women of Avanti hate kissing, marking with the nails, and biting, but they have a fondness for various kinds of sexual union. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.22) - [Next: 2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.24) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.5.p35) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.14.22) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.5.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.23) · Pramāṇa