Ratimanjari of Jayadev

1-2. Invocation to god Siva.

I. Characteristics of Woman

Four Categories
3. There are four categories women by birth: Padmini (lotus woman), Citrini (art
woman), Sankhini (conch woman) and Hastini (elephant woman). There are four
categories of men: Hare, gazelle, bullock and stallion.

4. The characteristics of padmini (lotus) woman include: eyes resembling lotus,

narrow nostrils, round breasts a little apart, glowing and soft hair, slim body, sweet
voice, well-tempered, musical, always beautifully clothed, and lotus scented.

5. The characteristics of citrini (fancy) woman include: expert in love, not too tall,
not too short, pretty nose like sesame flower, eyes like blue lotus, hard breasts that
meet each other, elegantly beautiful, wayward and well-mannered.

6. The characteristics of sankhini (chank-shell) woman include: body very tall; big
eyes, very beautiful, neck adorned with three folds, fond of pleasures of love and
well versed in love-play.

7. The characteristics of hastini (elephant) woman include: lips plump and well
developed, fingers plump, breasts well developed, simple and gentle by nature,
greedy for love, enjoys passionate love and hard to satisfy.

Matching
8. This is how men and women match: padmini with hare, citrini with gazelle,
sankhini with bullock, and hastini with stallion.

Smell
9. Women can also be classified on the basis of their smell: padmini smells of lotus;
citrini is like fish; sankhini has a sharp smell, and hastini smells like alcohol.

Age-wise group of women

10. Women can also be classified on the basis of their ages: young (bala); maturing
(taruni); fully matured (praudha); and old, aged (vrddha).

11. A woman remains bala up to 16 years of age; taruni up to 30 years; proudha up

to 55 years; and a woman falls in category of vrddha after crossing age of 55 years.

Measures for Attracting women

12. Bala is fond of food, flowers and sweet things. Taruni is given to love play.
Proudha likes exchange of love and affection. Vrddha likes tactfulness or hard
knocks.

Effect and result of love-play with women of various age groups

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13. In love-play, bala gives a man vitality or breadth of life. Taruni draws out breadth
of life. Proudha invokes old age. Vrddha takes life or invites death.

II. Sexual Behaviour

Sites of pleasure in women

14. With the waxing of the moon in the first half of the month, the ‘triggers’ of love
lie in the foot, the ankle, the knees, the lower back, the chest, the thighs, the heart,
the throat, the cheeks, the lips, the eyes, the ears, the front head, the eyebrows, and
the head.

15. The lunar progression of each woman resides in the hair parting, the eyes, the
lips, the neck, the armpits, the nipples, the navel, the waist, the yoni, the knees, the
thighs, the ankles, the soles of the foot, and the toes.

16. In the bright phase of the moon, Kama dwells in the left little toe. In the darker
phase, it resides in the central side of the same finger.

17. In the bright phase of the moon, Kama resides in the right half of the man and left
half of the woman. But this is reversed in the darker phase. If you are interested in
love-pay should always know where Kama prefers to dwell at different time or dates
during the month1.

III. Sexual Intercourse – General

Techniques of Coitus
18. If a woman is strong, man should first stimulate her sites of pleasure. She should
be loved then in the inverse manner (on the top of her partner, like a man). As the
site of love changes, so should the technique.

Sites for kiss

19. The expert should first kiss the woman on the eyes, the throat, the cheeks, the
heart or chest, the neck and on her navel.

20. Man should lovingly kiss her on her mouth, on her thighs, on her cheeks, on her
buttocks or hips, on her house of love, and on her two breasts.

21. Now, man should strongly embrace her with extreme love, kiss her mouth, clasp
her tightly in his arms, make pleasing sound ‘sit’, showing extreme pleasure.

22. The expert should sit her on thighs, raising her pubis with his hands, make
pleasing sound ‘sit’, sweetly kissing her mouth; and his lingam set on her house of
love, with caress given to her breasts.

23. With his nails, he should make three or five scratch marks on her back, thigh and
vulva and thus does an expert make love with a woman.

1 This is a new element that the system of the candrakalas might be applied to men.

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24. Having made nail marks and pressing her lips with his teeth, he embraces her
strongly and strikes her house of love with his lingam.

25. Now, he should penetrate his lingam into her yoni, tightly hold her in his arms
and press her both sides and freely begin to ‘beat her womb’ as much as he desires.

26. Man should tightly and closely hug the woman and stroking both her breasts. He
should rub and press her house of love and navel; and striking her yoni continually
by the lingam.

27. Man should tightly catch her hair in his grip, while battering her house of love,
after kissing her mouth, he should stroke her house of love with his hands.

IV. Coitus Specific

28. The padmini woman gets pleasure when a man strokes her breasts, kisses,
presses, and bites her lips; and by coitus in lotus position.

29. For the citrini woman to get her pleasure, the man should make the sound ‘sit’
and kiss her neck and hands repeatedly. Then he should stroke her breasts.

30. For the sankhini woman to get her pleasure, man should kiss her house of love
and she should simultaneously kiss his yoni. Then, the man should make passionate
love to her.

31. For the hastini woman to get her pleasure, man should catch her hair force-fully,
he should play with her house of love with his hand, and then make love.

V. Characteristics of Yoni and Lingam

Characteristics (qualities) of Vagina:

32. To be desirable, a woman’s house of love should be like the back of a tortoise, or
the shoulder of an elephant, it should be lotus scented, it should be free of pubic hair,
and broad.

33. Undesirable qualities for the house of love are: it is cold, deep, too high, or rough
like cows tongue.

Characteristics of Lingam
34. There are two types of lingam of man, the first is stout, and the second is long
and thin2.

VI. Characters of Man

There are four kinds of men.

35. Hare-man (sasaka) is fond of women, sings well, speaks truth. He is happy. His
lingam is six angula long.

2This is a new element: the division of the penis into two types, the “club” and the
“bamboo-flute.”

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36. Gazelle-man (mrga) is virtuous, religious, financially sound, speaks truth, soft
spoken, sweet-spoken, and handsome. His lingam is eight angula long.

37. Bullock-man (vrsa) is generous, knows how to win a woman’s heart, prudent and
phlegmatic. His lingam is ten angula long.

38. Stallion man (asva) is as stout as hard-wooden body, rigid, cunning and deceitful
habits, liar, fearless, and financially poor. His lingam is twelve angula.

VII. Sixteen Types of Postures

39. When a woman does not wish to make love because of lack of pleasure, the man
should try various postures.

40-41. There are sixteen types of postures described in kamasastra: Padmasana,

nagapada, Latavesta, Ardhasamputa, Kuliga, Sundara, Kesara, Hillola, Narasimha,
Viparita, Ksudgara, Dhenuka, Utkantha, Simhasana, Ratinaga, and Vidydhara.

Lotus Position (Padmasana)

42. With the woman in padmasana (Hatha yoga’s meditative posture -- with each
foot laid on the opposite groin), the man embraces her with his hands and
penetrates her.

Elephant Foot (Nagapadasana)

43. The man takes her both legs on his shoulders by his hands and gently sets his
lingam in her yoni.

Creeper Cling (Latavestasana)

44. The man enwraps the woman with both his arms and legs and strikes gently on
her house of love.

Half casket (Ardhasamputana)

45. The man raises her feet somewhat up (skyward), sets his knees on the ground
and strokes her breasts.

Thunderbolt (Kulisasana)

46. The man keeps her legs apart and batters her house of love with his lingam.

Beautiful (Ratisundarâsana)

47. The man raises her two feet, lays hold on her breasts, and drinks from them.

Tress of Hair (Kesarasana)

48. The man pressing her thighs and rubbing her breasts, strikes her house of love.

Wave (Hillolasana)

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49. The man puts her feet on his chest, holds her hands in his, and strikes her house
of love.

Vishnu’s Lion (Narsimhasana)

50. The man presses her feet together, penetrates her, and embraces her tightly with
his hands.

Reversed (Viparitasana)

51. The man puts one of her feet to his thigh and the other to his groin.

Crush (Ksudgarsana)

The man holds both her legs, strikes her house of love with his lingam, and presses
her hard with his arms.

Cow (Dhenukasana)

53. The man lies down with her in sleeping position, embraces her and enters her
house of love.

Throat Trick (Utkanthsana)

54. The man puts her feet to his throat, embraces her forcefully, and so takes her.

Lion Seat (Simhasana)

55. The man puts her feet to his thighs, holds her by her breasts, and so takes her.

Pleasure Snake (Ratinaga)

56. The man encircles her with both his thighs and loves her. This is considered to be
very pleasing for her.

Warlock (Vidyadhara)

57. The man seizes her thighs, strikes her with his hands and takes her forcefully.

58-60. Concluding verses