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# Kamasutra 2.8.36

Kāmasūtra 2.8.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.36)

jaghanam eva dolāyamānaṃ sarvato bhrāmayed iti preṅkholitakam//

> (3) When, on such an occasion, the man lifts up the middle part of his body, and the woman turns round her middle part, it is called the "swing."  
> — 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.p33) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.17.27) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.8.36) — Sanskrit

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