Kama Sutra
Kama Sutra
Kama Sutra
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<strong>Kama</strong> <strong>Sutra</strong><br />
● TRANSLATOR'S<br />
NOTES<br />
- Preface<br />
- Introduction<br />
● PART I:<br />
INTRODUCTORY<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
● PART II: ON SEXUAL<br />
UNION<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
- Chapter VI<br />
- Chapter VII<br />
- Chapter VIII<br />
- Chapter IX<br />
- Chapter X<br />
● PART III: ABOUT THE<br />
ACQUISITION OF A<br />
WIFE<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
● PART IV: ABOUT A<br />
WIFE<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
● PART V: ABOUT THE<br />
WIVES OF OTHER<br />
PEOPLE<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
- Chapter VI<br />
● PART VI: ABOUT<br />
COURTESANS<br />
- Introductory Remarks -<br />
Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
- Chapter VI<br />
● PART VII: ON THE<br />
MEANS OF ATTRACTING<br />
OTHERS TO ONE'S SELF<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
● CONCLUDING<br />
REMARKS<br />
● MODERN KAMA<br />
SUTRA<br />
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PART V<br />
CHAPTER II<br />
About making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the efforts to gain<br />
her over<br />
Ancient authors are of opinion that girls are not so easily seduced by employing<br />
female messengers as by the efforts of the man himself, but that the wives of<br />
others are more easily got at by the aid of female messengers than by the<br />
personal efforts of the man. But Vatsyayana lays it down that whenever it is<br />
possible a man should always act himself in these matters, and it is only when<br />
such is impracticable, or impossible, that female messengers should be<br />
employed. As for the saying that women who act and talk boldly and freely are<br />
to be won by the personal efforts of the man, and that women who do not<br />
possess those qualities are to be got at by female messengers, it is only a<br />
matter of talk.<br />
Now when a man acts himself in the matter he should first of all make the<br />
acquaintance of the woman he loves in the following manner:<br />
He should arrange to be seen by the woman either on a natural or special<br />
opportunity. A natural opportunity is when one of them goes to the house of the<br />
other, and a special opportunity is when they meet either at the house of a<br />
friend, or a caste-fellow, or a minister, or a physician, as also on the occasion of<br />
marriage ceremonies, sacrifices, festivals, funerals, and garden parties.<br />
When they do meet, the man should be careful to look at her in such a way as<br />
to cause the state of his mind to be made known to her; he should pull about<br />
his moustache, make a sound with his nails, cause his own ornaments to tinkle,<br />
bite his lower lip, and make various other signs of that description. When she is<br />
looking at him he should speak to his friends about her and other women, and<br />
should show to her his liberality and his appreciation of enjoyments. When<br />
sitting by the side of a female friend he should yawn and twist his body,<br />
contract his eyebrows, speak very slowly as if he was weary, and listen to her<br />
indifferently. A conversation having two meanings should also be carried on<br />
with a child or some other person, apparently having regard to a third person,<br />
but really having reference to the woman he loves, and in this way his love<br />
should be made manifest under the pretext of referring to others rather than to<br />
herself. He should make marks that have reference to her, on the earth with his<br />
nails, or with a stick, and should embrace and kiss a child in her presence, and<br />
give it the mixture of betel nut and betel leaves with his tongue, and press its<br />
chin with his fingers in a caressing way. All these things should be done at the<br />
proper time and in proper places.<br />
The man should fondle a child that may be sitting on her lap, and give it<br />
something to play with, and also take the same back again. Conversation with<br />
respect to the child may also be held with her, and in this manner he should<br />
gradually become well acquainted with her, and he should also make himself<br />
agreeable to her relations. Afterwards, this acquaintance should be made a<br />
pretext for visiting her house frequently, and on such occasions he should<br />
converse on the subject of love in her absence but within her hearing. As his<br />
intimacy with her increases he should place in her charge some kind of deposit<br />
or trust, and take away from it a small portion at a time; or he may give her<br />
some fragrant substances, or betel nuts to be kept for him by her. After this he<br />
should endeavour to make her well acquainted with his own wife, and get them<br />
to carry on confidential conversations, and to sit together in lonely places.<br />
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