But on this last head there is a difference of opinion about the female, which should be stated. Upadhyaya
Another example of the forms of intimacy discussed in the Kamasutra includes chumbanas (kissing). It may be said that, if the ways of working in men and women are different, why should not there be a difference, even in the pleasure they feel, and which is the result of those ways. For example, the text discusses eight forms of alingana (embrace) in verses 2.2.7–23: sphrishtaka, viddhaka, udghrishtaka, piditaka, lataveshtitaka, vrikshadhirudha, tilatandula and kshiranira. Vatsyayana cites earlier – now lost – Indian texts from the Babhraya’s school, for these eight categories of embraces. But this is a mistake, for we find that sometimes two things are done at the same time, as for instance in the fighting of rams, both the rams receive the shock at the same time on their heads.
