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The "Kama Sutra" is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behaviour in Sanskrit literature written by Vãtsyãyana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many inserted poetry verses. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Publish dateMar 20, 2020
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Table of contents
1Introduction
29PART IV.
2PREFACE.
30ABOUT A WIFE.
3INTRODUCTION.
31CHAPTER I.: ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND.
4PART I. THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE.
32CHAPTER II.: ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ELDER WIFE TOWARDS THE OTHER WIVES OF HER HUSBAND, AND ON THAT OF A YOUNGER WIFE TOWARDS THE ELDER ONES. ALSO ON THE CONDUCT OF A VIRGIN WIDOW RE-MARRIED; OF A WIFE DISLIKED BY HER HUSBAND; OF THE WOMEN IN THE KING'S HAREM; AND LASTLY ON THE CONDUCT OF A HUSBAND TOWARDS MANY WIVES.
5CHAPTER I.
33PART V.
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6CHAPTER II.: ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
34ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
7CHAPTER III.: ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED.
35CHAPTER I.: OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN.—THE REASONS WHY WOMEN REJECT THE ADDRESSES OF MEN.—ABOUT MEN WHO HAVE SUCCESS WITH WOMEN, AND ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE EASILY GAINED OVER.
8CHAPTER IV.: THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN.[13]
36CHAPTER II.: ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER.
9CHAPTER V.: ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS.
37CHAPTER III.: EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN'S MIND.
10PART II.
38CHAPTER IV.: ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN.
11OF SEXUAL UNION.
39CHAPTER V.: ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
12CHAPTER I.: KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO
40CHAPTER VI.: ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE'S OWN WIFE.
13CHAPTER II.: OF THE EMBRACE.
41PART VI.
14CHAPTER III.: ON KISSING.
42ABOUT COURTESANS.
15CHAPTER IV.: ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS.
43INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
16CHAPTER V.: ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
44CHAPTER I.: OF THE CAUSES OF A COURTESAN RESORTING TO MEN; OF THE MEANS OF ATTACHING TO HERSELF THE MAN DESIRED; AND OF THE KIND OF MAN THAT IT IS DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH.
17CHAPTER VI.: OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS.
45CHAPTER II.: OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE.
18CHAPTER VII.: OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM.
46CHAPTER III.: OF THE MEANS OF GETTING MONEY. OF THE SIGNS OF THE CHANGE OF A LOVER'S FEELINGS, AND OF THE WAY TO GET RID OF HIM.
19CHAPTER VIII.: ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN; AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN.
47CHAPTER IV.: ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER.
20CHAPTER IX.: OF THE AUPARISHTAKA[39] OR MOUTH CONGRESS.
48CHAPTER V.: OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN.
21CHAPTER X.: OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS.
49CHAPTER VI.: OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS.
22PART III.
50PART VII.
23ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.
51ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.
24CHAPTER I.: ON MARRIAGE.
52CHAPTER I.: ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES.
25CHAPTER II.: OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL.
53CHAPTER II.: OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES.
26CHAPTER III.: ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS.
54CONCLUDING REMARKS.
27CHAPTER IV.: ABOUT 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.
55FOOTNOTES:: Transcriber's note
28CHAPTER V.: ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE[50]
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