[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) › 5.2.4 # Kamasutra 5.2.4 Kāmasūtra 5.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.2.4) svayam abhiyokṣyamāṇas tv ādāv eva paricayaṃ kuryāt// > Now when a man acts himself in the matter he should first of all make the acquaintance of the woman he loves in the following manner. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.2.3) - [Next: 5.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.2.5) - [Up: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.5.2.p3) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.29.4) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.2.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.2.4) · Pramāṇa