Kama Sua of Vatsyayang Free Version from 4 Freedoms Tania 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 retum from a journey; at the time when an angry lover is reconciled; and lastly when the woman is intoxicated. But pressing with the nails is not a usual thing except with those who are intensely passionate, i.e. full of passion. It is employed, together with biting, by those to whom the practice is agreeable. Pressing with the nails is of the eight following kinds, according to the forms of the marks which are produced: Sounding Half moon Circle Line Tiger’s nail or claw Peacock’s foot Jump of a hare Leaf of a blue lotus eau rhabhone The places that are to be pressed with the nails are as follows: the arm pit, the throat, the breasts, the lips, the jaghana, or middle parts of the body, and the thighs. But Suvamanabha is of opinion that when the impetuosity of passion is excessive, the places need not be considered.