1.
रतावस्थापनम्
Stimulation of Erotic Desire
2.
आलिङ्गनविचारम्
Embraces
3.
चुम्बनादिविकल्पम्
Petting and Caresses
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नखरदानजतिम्
The art of Scratching
5.
दशनक्षतविधिप्रकरणम्
Biting
6.
संवेशनप्रकारप्रकरणम्
Methods of Penetration
7.
प्रहणनसीत्कारप्रकरणम्
Blows and Sighs
8.
पुरुषायितप्रकरणम्
Virile Behaviour of Women
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ओपरिष्टकप्रकरणम्
Superior Coition or Fellation
10.
रतारम्भावसानिकप्रकरणम्
Preludes and Conclusions to the games of love
Progress:32.7%
स्तनपृष्ठे मेखलापथे चोत्पलपत्त्राकृतीत्युत्पलपत्रकम् ॥ २१ ॥
sanskrit
The lotus leaf : On the side of the breasts or on the buttocks, a mark looking like a lotus leaf is known as such.
english translation
hindi translation
stanapRSThe mekhalApathe cotpalapattrAkRtItyutpalapatrakam || 21 ||
hk transliteration
ऊर्वोः स्तनपृष्ठे च प्रवासं गच्छतः स्मारणीयकं संहताश्चतस्त्रस्तिस्त्रो वा लेखाः । इति नखकर्माणि ॥ २२ ॥
sanskrit
When a man leaves on a journey, in order to remind his mistress of him, he traces three or four lines on her breasts or thighs with his nails.
english translation
hindi translation
UrvoH stanapRSThe ca pravAsaM gacchataH smAraNIyakaM saMhatAzcatastrastistro vA lekhAH | iti nakhakarmANi || 22 ||
hk transliteration
आकृतिविकारयुक्तानि चान्यान्यपि कुर्वीत ॥ २३ ॥
sanskrit
Apart from the above, he may also mark her in other ways.
english translation
hindi translation
AkRtivikArayuktAni cAnyAnyapi kurvIta || 23 ||
hk transliteration
विकल्पानामनन्तत्वादानन्त्याच्च कौशलविधेरभ्यासस्य च सर्वगामित्वाद्- रागात्मकत्वाच्छेद्यस्य प्रकारान् कोऽभिसमीक्षितुमईतीत्याचार्याः ॥ २४ ॥
sanskrit
Since imagination knows no limits, variations are innumerable when practiced with astuteness. Nail scratching being so widely used as an erotic stimulant when practiced properly, how could the authors of the Kama Shastra enumerate all its varieties?
english translation
hindi translation
vikalpAnAmanantatvAdAnantyAcca kauzalavidherabhyAsasya ca sarvagAmitvAd- rAgAtmakatvAcchedyasya prakArAn ko'bhisamIkSitumaItItyAcAryAH || 24 ||
hk transliteration
भवति हि रागेऽपि चित्रापेक्षा वैचित्र्याच्च परस्परं रागो जनयितव्यः । वैचक्षण्ययुक्ताश्च गणिकास्तत्कामिनश्च परस्परं प्रार्थनीया भवन्ति । धनुर्वेदादिष्वपि हि शस्त्रकर्मशास्त्रेषु वैचित्र्यमेवापेक्ष्यते किं पुनरिहेति वात्स्यायनः ॥ २५ ॥
sanskrit
Passion feeds on varied practices. Variety fosters mutual attraction. The courtesan is interesting to an erotic man due to her particular talents, an interest which is mutual. In treatises on the arts of war, the texts speak of the need for a diversity of weapons. What should we say in our own case, asks Vatsyayana.
english translation
hindi translation
bhavati hi rAge'pi citrApekSA vaicitryAcca parasparaM rAgo janayitavyaH | vaicakSaNyayuktAzca gaNikAstatkAminazca parasparaM prArthanIyA bhavanti | dhanurvedAdiSvapi hi zastrakarmazAstreSu vaicitryamevApekSyate kiM punariheti vAtsyAyanaH || 25 ||
hk transliteration
Kamasutra
Progress:32.7%
स्तनपृष्ठे मेखलापथे चोत्पलपत्त्राकृतीत्युत्पलपत्रकम् ॥ २१ ॥
sanskrit
The lotus leaf : On the side of the breasts or on the buttocks, a mark looking like a lotus leaf is known as such.
english translation
hindi translation
stanapRSThe mekhalApathe cotpalapattrAkRtItyutpalapatrakam || 21 ||
hk transliteration
ऊर्वोः स्तनपृष्ठे च प्रवासं गच्छतः स्मारणीयकं संहताश्चतस्त्रस्तिस्त्रो वा लेखाः । इति नखकर्माणि ॥ २२ ॥
sanskrit
When a man leaves on a journey, in order to remind his mistress of him, he traces three or four lines on her breasts or thighs with his nails.
english translation
hindi translation
UrvoH stanapRSThe ca pravAsaM gacchataH smAraNIyakaM saMhatAzcatastrastistro vA lekhAH | iti nakhakarmANi || 22 ||
hk transliteration
आकृतिविकारयुक्तानि चान्यान्यपि कुर्वीत ॥ २३ ॥
sanskrit
Apart from the above, he may also mark her in other ways.
english translation
hindi translation
AkRtivikArayuktAni cAnyAnyapi kurvIta || 23 ||
hk transliteration
विकल्पानामनन्तत्वादानन्त्याच्च कौशलविधेरभ्यासस्य च सर्वगामित्वाद्- रागात्मकत्वाच्छेद्यस्य प्रकारान् कोऽभिसमीक्षितुमईतीत्याचार्याः ॥ २४ ॥
sanskrit
Since imagination knows no limits, variations are innumerable when practiced with astuteness. Nail scratching being so widely used as an erotic stimulant when practiced properly, how could the authors of the Kama Shastra enumerate all its varieties?
english translation
hindi translation
vikalpAnAmanantatvAdAnantyAcca kauzalavidherabhyAsasya ca sarvagAmitvAd- rAgAtmakatvAcchedyasya prakArAn ko'bhisamIkSitumaItItyAcAryAH || 24 ||
hk transliteration
भवति हि रागेऽपि चित्रापेक्षा वैचित्र्याच्च परस्परं रागो जनयितव्यः । वैचक्षण्ययुक्ताश्च गणिकास्तत्कामिनश्च परस्परं प्रार्थनीया भवन्ति । धनुर्वेदादिष्वपि हि शस्त्रकर्मशास्त्रेषु वैचित्र्यमेवापेक्ष्यते किं पुनरिहेति वात्स्यायनः ॥ २५ ॥
sanskrit
Passion feeds on varied practices. Variety fosters mutual attraction. The courtesan is interesting to an erotic man due to her particular talents, an interest which is mutual. In treatises on the arts of war, the texts speak of the need for a diversity of weapons. What should we say in our own case, asks Vatsyayana.
english translation
hindi translation
bhavati hi rAge'pi citrApekSA vaicitryAcca parasparaM rAgo janayitavyaH | vaicakSaNyayuktAzca gaNikAstatkAminazca parasparaM prArthanIyA bhavanti | dhanurvedAdiSvapi hi zastrakarmazAstreSu vaicitryamevApekSyate kiM punariheti vAtsyAyanaH || 25 ||
hk transliteration