[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) › 6.2.23 # Kamasutra 6.2.23 Kāmasūtra 6.2.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.23) svakṛteṣv api nakhadaśanacihneṣv anyāśaṅkā// > Sending her female attendant to bring the flowers used by him on the previous day, in order that she may use them herself as a mark of affection, also asking for the mixture of betel nut and leaves that have remained uneaten by him; expressing wonder at his knowledge of sexual intercourse, and the several means of enjoyment used by him; learning from him the sixty-four kinds of pleasure mentioned by Babhravya; continually practicing the ways of enjoyment as taught by him, and according to his liking; keeping his secrets; telling him her own desires and secrets; concealing her anger; never neglecting him on the bed when he turns his face towards her; touching any parts of his body according to his wish; kissing and embracing him when he is asleep; looking at him with apparent anxiety when he is wrapt in thought, or thinking of some other subject than herself; showing neither complete shamelessness, nor excessive bashfulness when he meets her, or sees her standing on the terrace of her house from the public road: hating his enemies; loving those who are dear to him; showing a liking for that which he likes; bemg in high or low spirits according to the state that he is in himself; expressing a curiosity to see his wives; not continuing her anger for a long time; suspecting even the marks and wounds made by herself with her nails and teeth on his body to have been made by some other woman; > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.22) - [Next: 6.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.24) - [Up: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.2.p5.1) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.2.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.23) · Pramāṇa