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# Kamasutra 2.8.30

Kāmasūtra 2.8.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.30)

rāgāvasānikaṃ vyākhātaṃ karaṇaṃ saṃpuṭam iti//

> (9) When the lingam is in the yoni, and is moved up and down frequently, and without being taken out, it is called the "sporting of a sparrow." This takes place at the end of congress.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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## Translations (1)

- [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.8.p26) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.17.21) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.8.30) — Sanskrit

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