[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) › 2.6.21 # Kamasutra 2.6.21 Kāmasūtra 2.6.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.21) vaḍaveva niṣṭhuram avagṛhṇīyād iti vāḍavakam ābhyāsikam// > When the woman forcibly holds in her yoni the lingam after it is in, it is called the "mare's position." This is learnt by practice only, and is chiefly found among the women of the Andra country. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.20) - [Next: 2.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.22) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.6.p14) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.15.20) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.6.21) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kane-1951.c6.36) — P. V. Kane, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.21) · Pramāṇa