CHAPTER V.

ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF

DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

All the places that can be kissed, are also the places that can be

bitten, except the upper lip, the interior of the mouth, and the eyes.

The qualities of good teeth are as follows: They should be equal,

possessed of a pleasing brightness, capable of being coloured, of proper

proportions, unbroken, and with sharp ends.

The defects of teeth on the other hand are, that they are blunt,

protruding from the gums, rough, soft, large, and loosely set.

The following are the different kinds of biting, viz.:

The hidden bite.

The swollen bite.

The point.

The line of points.

The coral and the jewel.

The line of jewels.

The broken cloud.

The biting of the boar.

(1). The biting which is shown only by the excessive redness of the skin

that is bitten, is called the "hidden bite."

(2). When the skin is pressed down on both sides, it is called the

"swollen bite."

(3). When a small portion of the skin is bitten with two teeth only, it

is called the "point."

(4). When such small portions of the skin are bitten with all the teeth,

it is called the "line of points."

(5). The biting which is done by bringing together the teeth and the

lips, is called the "coral and the jewel." The lip is the coral, and the

teeth the jewel.

(6). When biting is done with all the teeth, it is called the "line of

jewels."

(7). The biting which consists of unequal risings in a circle, and which

comes from the space between the teeth, is called the "broken cloud."

This is impressed on the breasts.

(8). The biting which consists of many broad rows of marks near to one

another, and with red intervals, is called the "biting of a boar." This

is impressed on the breasts and the shoulders; and these two last modes

of biting are peculiar to persons of intense passion.

The lower lip is the place on which the "hidden bite," the "swollen

bite," and the "point" are made; again the "swollen bite," and the

"coral and the jewel" bite are done on the cheek. Kissing, pressing with

the nails, and biting are the ornaments of the left cheek, and when the

word cheek is used it is to be understood as the left cheek.

Both the "line of points" and the "line of jewels" are to be impressed

on the throat, the arm pit, and the joints of the thighs; but the "line

of points" alone is to be impressed on the forehead and the thighs.

The marking with the nails, and the biting of the following things,

viz., an ornament of the forehead, an ear ornament, a bunch of flowers,

a betel leaf, or a tamala leaf, which are worn by, or belong to the

woman that is beloved, are signs of the desire of enjoyment.

Here end the different kinds of biting.

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In the affairs of love a man should do such things as are agreeable to

the women of different countries.

The women of the central countries (_i.e._, between the Ganges and the

Jumna) are noble in their character, not accustomed to disgraceful

practices, and dislike pressing the nails and biting.

The women of the Balhika country are gained over by striking.

The women of Avantika are fond of foul pleasures, and have not good

manners.

The women of the Maharashtra are fond of practising the sixty-four arts,

they utter low and harsh words, and like to be spoken to in the same

way, and have an impetuous desire of enjoyment.

The women of Pataliputra (_i.e._, the modern Patna) are of the same nature

as the women of the Maharashtra, but show their likings only in secret.

The women of the Dravida country, though they are rubbed and pressed

about at the time of sexual enjoyment, have a slow fall of semen, that

is they are very slow in the act of coition.

The women of Vanavasi are moderately passionate, they go through every

kind of enjoyment, cover their bodies, and abuse those who utter low,

mean and harsh words.

The women of Avanti hate kissing, marking with the nails, and biting,

but they have a fondness for various kinds of sexual union.

The women of Malwa like embracing and kissing, but not wounding, and

they are gained over by striking.

The women of Abhira, and those of the country about the Indus and five

rivers (_i.e._, the Punjab), are gained over by the Auparishtaka or mouth

congress.

The women of Aparatika are full of passion, and make slowly the sound

"Sit."

The women of the Lat country have even more impetuous desire, and also

make the sound "Sit."

The women of the Stri Rajya, and of Koshola (Oude), are full of

impetuous desire, their semen falls in large quantities, and they are

fond of taking medicine to make it do so.

The women of the Audhra country have tender bodies, they are fond of

enjoyment, and have a liking for voluptuous pleasures.

The women of Ganda have tender bodies, and speak sweetly.

Now Suvarnanabha is of opinion that that which is agreeable to the

nature of a particular person, is of more consequence than that which is

agreeable to a whole nation, and that therefore the peculiarities of the

country should not be observed in such cases. The various pleasures, the

dress, and the sports of one country are in time borrowed by another,

and in such a case these things must be considered as belonging

originally to that country.

Among the things mentioned above, viz., embracing, kissing, etc., those

which increase passion should be done first, and those which are only

for amusement or variety should be done afterwards.

There are also some verses on this subject as follows:

"When a man bites a woman forcibly, she should angrily do the same to

him with double force. Thus a 'point' should be returned with a 'line of

points,' and a 'line of points' with a 'broken cloud,' and if she be

excessively chafed, she should at once begin a love quarrel with him. At

such a time she should take hold of her lover by the hair, and bend his

head down, and kiss his lower lip, and then, being intoxicated with

love, she should shut her eyes and bite him in various places. Even by

day, and in a place of public resort, when her lover shows her any mark

that she may have inflicted on his body, she should smile at the sight

of it, and turning her face as if she were going to chide him, she

should show him with an angry look the marks on her own body that have

been made by him. Thus if men and women act according to each other's

liking, their love for each other will not be lessened even in one

hundred years."