[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) › 2.7.22 # Kamasutra 2.7.22 Kāmasūtra 2.7.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.22) pāruṣyaṃ rabhasatvaṃ ca pauruṣaṃ teja ucyate/ aśaktir ārtirvyāvṛttir abalatvaṃ ca yoṣitaḥ// > "The characteristics of manhood are said to consist of roughness and impetuosity, while weakness, tenderness, sensibility, and an inclination to turn away from unpleasant things are the distinguishing marks of womanhood. The excitement of passion, and peculiarities of habit may sometimes cause contrary results to appear, but these do not last long, and in the end the natural state is resumed." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.21) - [Next: 2.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.23) - [Up: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.7.p27) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.22) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.7.22) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmakuñjalatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamakunjalata.22.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.22) · Pramāṇa