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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding RemarksBy Vatsyayana

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The Kama Sutra is an ancient Hindu text on sexuality and emotional joy in life. Attributed to Vātsyāyana, this work isn't only a manual on sex positions but also serves as a guide to the art of living well, the nature of love, finding a life partner and maintaining one's love life.

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Publish dateNov 20, 2023

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1PREFACE.

29ABOUT A WIFE.

2INTRODUCTION.

30ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND.

3SALUTATION TO DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.

31ON 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&#x27;S HAREM; AND LASTLY ON THE CONDUCT OF A HUSBAND TOWARDS MANY WIVES.

4PART I.

32PART V.

5ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.

33ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.

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6ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED.

34OF 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.

7THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN.[13]

35ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER.

8ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS.

36EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN&#x27;S MIND.

9PART II.

37ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN.

10OF SEXUAL UNION.

38ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.

11KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO

39ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE&#x27;S OWN WIFE.

12OF THE EMBRACE.

40PART VI.

13ON KISSING.

41ABOUT COURTESANS.

14ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS.

42INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

15ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

43OF 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.

16OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS.

44OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE.

17OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM.

45OF THE MEANS OF GETTING MONEY. OF THE SIGNS OF THE CHANGE OF A LOVER&#x27;S FEELINGS, AND OF THE WAY TO GET RID OF HIM.

18ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN; AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN.

46ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER.

19OF THE AUPARISHTAKA[39] OR MOUTH CONGRESS.

47OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN.

20OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS.

48OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS.

21PART III.

49PART VII.

22ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.

50ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.

23ON MARRIAGE.

51ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES.

24OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL.

52OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES.

25ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS.

53CONCLUDING REMARKS.

26ABOUT 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.

54FOOTNOTES:

27ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE[50]

55Works issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society.

28PART IV.