[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) › 2.5.36 # Kamasutra 2.5.36 Kāmasūtra 2.5.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.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. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.35) - [Next: 2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.37) - [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.p44) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.14.36) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.5.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.5.36) · Pramāṇa