The
wedge on the bosom, the scissors on the head, the piercing instrument on the
cheeks, and the pincers on the breasts and sides, may also taken into
consideration with the other four modes of striking, and thus give eight ways
altogether. But these four ways of
striking with instruments are peculiar to the people of the southern countries,
and the marks caused by them are seen on the breasts of their women.
They are local peculiarities, but Vatsyayana is of the opinion that the
practice of them is painful, barbarous and base, and quite unworthy of
imitation.
In
the same way, anything that is a local peculiarity should not always be adopted
elsewhere, and even in the place where the practice is prevalent, excess of it
should always be avoided. Instances
of the dangerous use of them may be given as follows. The king of the Panchalas killed the courtesan Madhavasena,
by means of the wedge during congress. King
Shatakarni Shatavahana of Kuntalas deprived his great Queen Malayavati of her
life by a pair formed, blinded a dancing girl by directing a piercing instrument
in a wrong way.
Such
passionate actions and amorous gesticulations or movements, which arise on the
spur of the moment, and during sexual intercourse, cannot be defined, and are as
irregular as dreams. A horse,
having once attained the fifth degree of motion goes on with blind speed,
regardless of pits, ditches, and posts in his way; blind with passion in the
heat of congress, and go on with great impetuosity, applying not the least
regard to excess. For this reason,
one who is well acquainted with the science of love, and knowing his own
strength, as also the tenderness, impetuosity, and strength of the young women,
should act accordingly. The various
all persons, but they should only be used at the proper time and in the proper
countries and places.