[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) › 7.2.15 # Kamasutra 7.2.15 Kāmasūtra 7.2.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.15) dākṣiṇātyānāṃ liṅgasya karṇayor iva vyadhanaṃ bālasya/ > The people of the southern countries think that true sexual pleasure cannot be obtained without perforating the lingam, and they therefore cause it to be pierced like the lobes of the ears of an infant pierced for ear-rings. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 7.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.14) - [Next: 7.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.16) - [Up: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.7.2.p12) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.15) · Pramāṇa