(2) When a woman in a lonely place bends down, as if to pick up something, and pierces, as it were, a man sitting or standing, with her breasts, and the man in return takes hold of them, it is called a "piercing embrace."
The above two kinds of embrace take place only between persons who do not, as yet, speak freely with each other.
(3) When two lovers are walking slowly together, either in the dark, or in a place of public resort, or in a lonely place, and rub their bodies against each other, it is called a "rubbing embrace."
(4) When on the above occasion one of them presses the other's body forcibly against a wall or pillar, it is called a "pressing embrace."
These two last embraces are peculiar to those who know the intentions of each other.
At the time of meeting the four following kinds of embrace are used, viz.—
- Jataveshtitaka, or the twining of a creeper.
- Vrikshadhirudhaka, or climbing a tree.
- Tila-Tandulaka, or the mixture of sesamum seed with rice.
- Kshiraniraka, or milk and water embrace.
(1) When a woman, clinging to a man as a creeper twines round a tree, bends his head down to hers with the desire of kissing him and slightly makes the sound of sut sut, embraces him, and looks lovingly towards him, it is called an embrace like the "twining of a creeper."
(2) When a woman, having placed one of her feet on the foot of her lover, and the other on one of his thighs, passes one of her arms round his back, and the other on his shoulders, makes slightly the sounds of singing and cooing, and wishes, as it were, to climb up him in order to have a kiss, it is called an embrace like the "climbing of a tree."
These two kinds of embrace take place when the lover is standing.
(3) When lovers lie on a bed and embrace each other so closely that the arms and thighs of the one are encircled by the arms and thighs of the other, and are, as it were, rubbing up against them, this is called an embrace like "the mixture of sesamum seed with rice."
(4) When a man and a woman are very much in love with each other, and, not thinking of any pain or hurt, embrace each other as if they were entering into each other's bodies either while the woman is sitting on the lap of the
