[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) › 2.6.25 # Kamasutra 2.6.25 Kāmasūtra 2.6.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.25) caraṇāv ūrdhvaṃ nāyako 'syā dhārayed iti jṛmbhitakam// > When she raises both of her legs, and places them on her lover's shoulders, it is called the "yawning position." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.24) - [Next: 2.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.26) - [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.p17) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.15.23) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.6.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.6.25) · Pramāṇa