Kama Sutra

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CONTENT TRANSLATOR'S NOTES ● Preface ● Introduction MODERN KAMA SUTRA INTERPRETATION ● Over 40 sexual positions with images and detailed explanations PART I: INTRODUCTORY ● Preface ● Observations on the three worldly attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love ● On the study of the Sixty-four Arts ● On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and about the Daily Life of a Citizen, his Companions, Amusements, etc. ● About classes of Women fit and unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers PART II: ON SEXUAL UNION ● Kinds of Union according to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on the different kinds of Love ● Of the Embrace ● On Kissing ● On Pressing or Marking with the Nails ● On Biting, and the ways of Love to be employed with regard to Women of different countries ● On the various ways of Lying down, and the different kinds of Congress ● On the various ways of Striking, and of the Sounds appropriate to them ● About females acting the part of Males ● On holding the Lingam in the Mouth ● How to begin and how to end the Congress. Different kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels PART III: ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE ● Observations on Betrothal and Marriage ● About creating Confidence in the Girl ● Courtship, and the manifestation of the feelings by outward signs and deeds ● On things to be done only by the Man, and the acquisition of the Girl thereby. Also what is to be done by a Girl to gain over a Man and subject him to her ● On the different Forms of Marriage | previous | content | next |
Preface TRANSLATOR' S NOTES In the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, and which is called the `Vatsyayana Kama Sutra', or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana. While the introduction will deal with the evidence concerning the date of the writing, and the commentaries written upon it, the chapters following the introduction will give a translation of the work itself. It is, however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of works of the same nature, prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsyayana had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature. Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are procurable in India: The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love The Panchasakya, or the five arrows The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat in the ocean of love. The author of the `Secrets of Love' was a poet named Kukkoka. He composed his work to please one Venudutta, who was perhaps a king. When writing his own name at the end of each chapter he calls himself `Siddha patiya pandita', i.e. an ingenious man among learned men. The work was translated into Hindi years ago, and in this the author's name was written as Koka. And as the same name crept into all the translations into other languages in India, the book became generally known, and the subject was popularly called Koka Shastra, or doctrines of Koka, which is identical with the Kama Shastra, or doctrines of love, and the words Koka Shastra and Kama Shastra are used indiscriminately. The work contains nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into ten chapters, which are called Pachivedas. Some of the things treated of in this work are not to be found in the Vatsyayana, such as the four classes of women, the Padmini, Chitrini, Shankini and Hastini, as also the enumeration of the days and hours on which the women of the different classes become subject to love, The author adds that he wrote these things from the opinions of Gonikaputra and Nandikeshwara, both of whom are mentioned by Vatsyayana, but their works are not now extant. It is difficult to give any approximate idea as to the year in which the work was composed. It is only to be presumed that it was written after that of Vatsyayana, and previous to the other works on this subject that are still extant. Vatsyayana gives the names of ten authors on the subject, all of whose works he had consulted, but none of which are extant, and does not mention this one. This would tend to show that Kukkoka wrote after Vatsya, otherwise Vatsya would assuredly have mentioned him as an author in this branch of literature along with the others. | previous | content | next |
Page 4 and 5: Introduction TRANSLATOR' S NOTES It
Page 6 and 7: PART I CHAPTER II Observations on t
Page 8 and 9: The life of a citizen PART I CHAPTE
Page 10 and 11: PART II CHAPTER I Kinds of sexual u
Page 12 and 13: On kissing PART II CHAPTER III It i
Page 14 and 15: PART II CHAPTER V On biting, and th
Page 16 and 17: PART II CHAPTER VII Of the various
Page 18 and 19: PART II CHAPTER IX Of the Auparisht
Page 20 and 21: On marriage PART III CHAPTER I When
Page 22 and 23: PART III CHAPTER III On courtship,
Page 24 and 25: PART III CHAPTER V On certain forms
Page 26 and 27: PART IV CHAPTER II On the conduct o
Page 28 and 29: PART V CHAPTER II About making Acqu
Page 30 and 31: PART V CHAPTER IV The Business of a
Page 32 and 33: PART V CHAPTER VI About the Women o
Page 34 and 35: PART VI CHAPTER I Of the Causes of
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Page 38 and 39: PART VI CHAPTER IV About a Reunion
Page 40 and 41: PART VI CHAPTER VI Of Gains and Los
Page 42 and 43: PART VII CHAPTER II Of the means of
Page 44 and 45: APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS SPOONING P
Page 46 and 47: APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "69" - the
Page 48 and 49: APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "CLIMBING
Page 50 and 51: APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "THE GAZEL
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "THE BLOW
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"BUTTERING" position APENDIX SEXUAL
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "THE CARES
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"THE SEESAW" position APENDIX SEXUA
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "THE RIPE
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS A variant
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"FACE TO FACE" position APENDIX SEX
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "MASSAGE A
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "RIDING TH
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "DRIVING T
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"THE TOP" position APENDIX SEXUAL P
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "THE SEESA
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "FACE TO F
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APENDIX SEXUAL POSITIONS "MASSAGE A
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