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The Kama Sutra
- Showing a disregard for him on all occasions.
- Censuring men possessed of the same faults as her lover.
- Expressing dissatisfaction at the ways and means of enjoyment used by him.
- Not giving him her mouth to kiss.
- Refusing access to her jaghana, i.e., the part of the body between the navel and the thighs.
- Showing a dislike for the wounds made by his nails and teeth.
- Not pressing close up against him at the time when he embraces her.
- Keeping her limbs without movement at the time of congress.
- Desiring him to enjoy her when he is fatigued.
- Laughing at his attachment to her.
- Not responding to his embraces.
- Turning away from him when he begins to embrace her.
- Pretending to be sleepy.
- Going out visiting, or into company, when she perceives his desire to enjoy her during the day time.
- Misconstruing his words.
- Laughing without any joke, or at the time of any joke made by him laughing under some other pretence.
- Looking with side glances at her own attendants, and clapping her hands when he says anything.
- Interrupting him in the middle of his stories, and beginning to tell other stories herself.
- Reciting his faults and his vices, and declaring them to be incurable.
- Saying words to her female attendants calculated to cut the heart of her lover to the quick.
- Taking care not to look at him when he comes to her.
- Asking from him what cannot be granted.
- And, after all, finally dismissing him.
There are also two verses on this subject as follows:
"The duty of a courtezan consists in forming connections with suitable men after due and full consideration, and attaching the person with whom she is united to herself; in obtaining wealth from the person who is attached to her, and
