IN the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma,* Artha, and the Kama. CHAPTER I: Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and the Kama. The non-application of proper means, which we see in the brute creation, is caused by their being unrestrained,Īnd by the females among them only being fit for sexual intercourse at certain seasons and no more, and by their intercourse not being preceded by thought of any kind. Sexual intercourse being a thing dependent on man and woman requires the application of proper means by them, and those means are to be learned from the Kama Shastra. Different kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels. How to begin and how to end the Congress. On the various ways of Striking, and of the Sounds appropriate to them.Ībout Females acting the part of Males. On the various ways of Lying down, and the different kinds of Congress. On Biting, and the ways of Love to be employed with regard to Women of different countries. Of Sex Union, Kinds of Union according to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time: and on the different kinds of Love. On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture: and about the Daily Life of a Citizen, his Companions, Amusements, etc.Ībout classes of Women, fit and unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers.

Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and the Kama, Observations on the three worldly attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love, On the study of the Sixty-four Arts. ON THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO ONESELF INDEX, AND GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS Illustrated. Translated from the Sanskrit by The Hindoo Kama Shastra Society, COMPLETE IN SEVEN PARTS with PREFACE. It is, however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of works of the exact nature, prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsya had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature. 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. In the present publication, it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, which is called the “Vatsya yana Kama Sutra,” or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points of view.

In the literature of all countries, there will be found a certain number of works treating especially of love.

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