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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
41 chapters English Public domain
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The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text which is considered the primary Sanskrit work on human sexuality. It was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana in the 2nd century CE. Although Burton published this, the most widely known English translation, he was not the author of the translation, although he did provide footnotes and the introduction. The bulk of the translation was performed by an Indian archaeologist, Bhagvanlal Indraji and civil servant Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, with the assistance of a student, Shivaram Pashuram Bhide. This is one of the first systematic studies of human sexual behavior in world literature. It also documents the sociology of sex in India eighteen centuries ago.
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41 chapters
26 Chapter I. On the Characteristics of Men And Women... 27 Chapter II. About Making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the Efforts to Gain Her Over 28 Chapter III. Examination of the State of a Woman's Mind 29 Chapter IV. The Business of a Go-Between 30 Chapter V. On the Love of Persons in Authority with the Wives of Other People 31 Chapter VI. About the Women of the Royal Harem, and of the Keeping of One's Own Wife 32 Introductory Remarks 33 Chapter I. Of the Causes of a Courtesan Resorting to Men... 34 Chapter II. Of a Courtesan Living With a Man as His Wife 35 Chapter III. Of the Means of getting Money... 36 Chapter IV. About a Reunion with a Former Lover 37 Chapter V. Of Different Kinds of Gain 38 Chapter VI. Of Gains and Losses, Attendant Gains and Losses, and Doubts; and Lastly, the Different Kinds of Courtesans 39 Chapter I. On Personal Adornment, Subjugating the Hearts of Others, and of Tonic Medicines 40 Chapter II. Of The Means of Exciting Desire, and of the Ways of Enlarging the Lingam. Miscellaneous Experiments and Receipts 41 Concluding Remarks
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
41 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text which is considered the primary Sanskrit work on human sexuality. It was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana in the 2nd century CE. Although Burton published this, the most widely known English translation, he was not the author of the translation, although he did provide footnotes and the introduction. The bulk of the translation was performed by an Indian archaeologist, Bhagvanlal Indraji and civil servant Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, with the assistance of a student, Shivaram Pashuram Bhide. This is one of the first systematic studies of human sexual behavior in world literature. It also documents the sociology of sex in India eighteen centuries ago.
Table of contents
41 chapters
26 Chapter I. On the Characteristics of Men And Women... 27 Chapter II. About Making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the Efforts to Gain Her Over 28 Chapter III. Examination of the State of a Woman's Mind 29 Chapter IV. The Business of a Go-Between 30 Chapter V. On the Love of Persons in Authority with the Wives of Other People 31 Chapter VI. About the Women of the Royal Harem, and of the Keeping of One's Own Wife 32 Introductory Remarks 33 Chapter I. Of the Causes of a Courtesan Resorting to Men... 34 Chapter II. Of a Courtesan Living With a Man as His Wife 35 Chapter III. Of the Means of getting Money... 36 Chapter IV. About a Reunion with a Former Lover 37 Chapter V. Of Different Kinds of Gain 38 Chapter VI. Of Gains and Losses, Attendant Gains and Losses, and Doubts; and Lastly, the Different Kinds of Courtesans 39 Chapter I. On Personal Adornment, Subjugating the Hearts of Others, and of Tonic Medicines 40 Chapter II. Of The Means of Exciting Desire, and of the Ways of Enlarging the Lingam. Miscellaneous Experiments and Receipts 41 Concluding Remarks
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TKSOV
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
41 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text which is considered the primary Sanskrit work on human sexuality. It was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana in the 2nd century CE. Although Burton published this, the most widely known English translation, he was not the author of the translation, although he did provide footnotes and the introduction. The bulk of the translation was performed by an Indian archaeologist, Bhagvanlal Indraji and civil servant Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, with the assistance of a student, Shivaram Pashuram Bhide. This is one of the first systematic studies of human sexual behavior in world literature. It also documents the sociology of sex in India eighteen centuries ago.
Table of contents
41 chapters
26 Chapter I. On the Characteristics of Men And Women... 27 Chapter II. About Making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the Efforts to Gain Her Over 28 Chapter III. Examination of the State of a Woman's Mind 29 Chapter IV. The Business of a Go-Between 30 Chapter V. On the Love of Persons in Authority with the Wives of Other People 31 Chapter VI. About the Women of the Royal Harem, and of the Keeping of One's Own Wife 32 Introductory Remarks 33 Chapter I. Of the Causes of a Courtesan Resorting to Men... 34 Chapter II. Of a Courtesan Living With a Man as His Wife 35 Chapter III. Of the Means of getting Money... 36 Chapter IV. About a Reunion with a Former Lover 37 Chapter V. Of Different Kinds of Gain 38 Chapter VI. Of Gains and Losses, Attendant Gains and Losses, and Doubts; and Lastly, the Different Kinds of Courtesans 39 Chapter I. On Personal Adornment, Subjugating the Hearts of Others, and of Tonic Medicines 40 Chapter II. Of The Means of Exciting Desire, and of the Ways of Enlarging the Lingam. Miscellaneous Experiments and Receipts 41 Concluding Remarks
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