The name "Rati" in Sanskrit means "the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment", all of which Rati personifies. Rati also indicates the female-seed. The word "Rati" also gives rise to other love-related Sanskrit words like "Kama-rati" ("a man stupefied by desire"), "rati-karman" ("sexual intercourse"), "rati-laksha" ("sexual intercourse"), "rati-bhoga" ("sexual enjoyment"), "rati-shakti" ("virile power"), "rati-jna" ("skilled in the art of love"), and "rati-yuddha" ("a sex-battle"). The word "Rati" also appears in title of the Sanskrit erotic work "Rati-Rahasya" ("secrets of Rati") – which is said to contain the sexual secrets of the goddess – as well as in the Sanskrit names of many sex techniques and positions like "Rati-pasha" ("the noose of Rati"), a sex position in which the woman locks her legs behind her lover's back.