[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) › 7.2.3 # Kamasutra 7.2.3 Kāmasūtra 7.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.3) aupariṣṭakaṃ mandavegasya gatavayaso vyāyatasya śrāntasya ca rāgapratyānayanam/ > If a man is unable to satisfy a Hastini, or elephant-woman, he should have recourse to various means to excite her passion. At the commencement he should rub her yoni with his hand or fingers, and not begin to have intercourse with her until she becomes excited, or experiences pleasure. This is one way of exciting a woman. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.2) - [Next: 7.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.4) - [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.p2) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.42.3) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.7.2.3) · Pramāṇa