[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) › 2.8.1 # Kamasutra 2.8.1 Kāmasūtra 2.8.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.1) nāyakasya saṃtatābhyāsāt pariśramam upalabhya rāgasya cānupaśamam, anumatā tena tam adho 'vapātya puruṣāyitena sāhāyyaṃ dadyāt/ > When a woman sees that her lover is fatigued by constant congress, without having his desire satisfied, she should, with his permission, lay him down upon his back, and give him assistance by acting his part. She may also do this to satisfy the curiosity of her lover, or her own desire of novelty. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8) - [Next: 2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.2) - [Up: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.8.p2) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.8.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.1) · Pramāṇa