[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) › 5.3.16 # Kamasutra 5.3.16 Kāmasūtra 5.3.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.16) anabhiyuktāpy ākārayati/ vivikte cātmānaṃ darśayati/ savepathugadgadaṃ vadati/ svinnakaracaraṇāṅguliḥ svinnamukhī ca bhavati/ śiraḥ pīḍane saṃvāhane corvor ātmānaṃ nāyake niyojayati/ > She calls out to a man without being addressed by him in the first instance. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > She shows herself to him in secret places. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > She speaks to him tremblingly and inarticulately. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > She has the fingers of her hand, and the toes of her feet moistened with perspiration, and her face blooming with delight. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > She occupies herself with shampooing his body and pressing his head. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > When a woman gives a man an opportunity, and makes her own love manifest to him, he should proceed to enjoy her. And the signs of a woman manifesting her love are these: > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.15) - [Next: 5.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.17) - [Up: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.5.3.p11) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.31.16) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.16) · Pramāṇa