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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 Andhra 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:
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