The
‘clasping position’ is used in ‘low congress’, and in the lowest
congress’, together with the ‘pressing position’, the ‘twining
position’, and the ‘mare’s position’.
When
the legs of both the male and the female are stretched straight out over each
other, it is called the ‘clasping position’.
It is of two kinds, the side position and the supine position, according
to the way in which they lie down. In
the side position, the male should invariably lie on his left side, and cause
the woman to lie on her right side, and this rule is to be observed in lying
down with all kinds of women.
When,
after congress has begun in the clasping position, the woman presses her lover
with her thighs, it is called the ‘pressing position’.
When
the woman places one of her thighs across the thigh of her lover, it is called
the ‘twining position’.
When
a woman forcibly holds the lingam in her yoni after it is in, it is called the
‘mare’s position’. This
is learnt by practice only.
The
above are the different ways of lying down, mentioned by Babhravya; Suvarnanabha,
however, gives the following in addition.
When
the female raises both of her thighs straight up, it is called the ‘raising
position’.