Kuṇālajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 305

[305] Truly, friend Puṇṇamukha, in forty ways does a woman entice (accāvadati) a man: she stretches herself; she stoops; she puts on coquettish airs; she feigns bashfulness; she rubs nail against nail; she presses one foot upon the other; she scratches the ground with a stick; she tosses a child up, she has the child tossed up; she plays with it, she has it play; she kisses it, she gets it to kiss her; she eats, she feeds it; she gives, she asks; she mimics whatever is done; she speaks in a high voice; she speaks in a low voice; she speaks openly; she speaks in private; with dancing, with singing, with the playing of music, with weeping, with coquettish display, and with adornment she laughs playfully; she gazes; she sways her hips; she sets her private parts in motion; she uncovers her thigh; she covers up her thigh; she displays her breast; she displays her armpit; she displays her navel; she winks her eye; she raises her eyebrow; she nibbles her lip; she darts out her tongue; she loosens her garment; she fastens her garment again; she lets down her hair; she binds up her hair. Truly, friend Puṇṇamukha, by these forty ways does a woman entice a man.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.