The text presents twenty-six forms of kisses, ranging from those appropriate for showing respect and affection, to those during foreplay and sex. ———————————————————————————————————————————————–Vatsyayana Kama Sutra Part 2, Chapter 4 : Sexual union by Pressing, or Marking, or Scratching with the Nails
CHAPTER IV
ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS
WHEN love becomes intense, pressing with the nails or scratching the body with them is practised, and it is done on the following occasions: on the first visit; at the time of setting out on a journey; on the return from a journey; at the time when an angry lover is reconciled; and lastly when the woman is intoxicated. Sex When the half moons are impressed opposite to each other, it is called a ‘circle’. In short, nothing tends to increase love so much as the effects of marking with the nails, and biting. If there be no marks of nails to remind a person of the passages of love, then love is lessened in the same way as when no union takes place for a long time.’
Even when a stranger sees at a distance a young woman with the marks of nails on her breast, 1 he is filled with love and respect for her.
