[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) › 2.8.39 # Kamasutra 2.8.39 Kāmasūtra 2.8.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.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 - [Previous: 2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.38) - [Next: 2.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.40) - [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.p36) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.17.30) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.8.39) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.8.39) · Pramāṇa