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Kamasutra 2.8.39

Kāmasūtra 2.8.39

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2.8.39

pracchāditasvabhāvāpi gūḍhākārāpi kāminī/
vivṛṇoty eva bhāvaṃ svaṃ rāgād uparivartinī//

"Though a woman is reserved, and keeps her feelings concealed, yet when she gets on the top of a man, she then shows all her love and desire. A man should gather from the actions of the woman of what disposition she is, and in what way she likes to be enjoyed. A woman during her monthly courses, a woman who has been lately confined, and a fat woman should not be made to act the part of a man."

Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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