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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
41 chapters English Public domain
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The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text which is considered the primary Sanskrit work on human sexuality. It was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana in the 2nd century CE. Although Burton published this, the most widely known English translation, he was not the author of the translation, although he did provide footnotes and the introduction. The bulk of the translation was performed by an Indian archaeologist, Bhagvanlal Indraji and civil servant Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, with the assistance of a student, Shivaram Pashuram Bhide. This is one of the first systematic studies of human sexual behavior in world literature. It also documents the sociology of sex in India eighteen centuries ago.
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41 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Preface 03 Introduction 04 Chapter I. Preface 05 Chapter II. Observations on the Three Worldly Attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love 06 Chapter III. On the Study of the Sixty-Four Arts 07 Chapter IV. On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and About the Daily Life of a Citizen, His Companions, Amusements, Etc. 08 Chapter V. About Classes of Women Fit and Unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers 09 Chapter I. Kinds of Union According to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on the Different Kinds of Love 10 Chapter II. Of the Embrace 11 Chapter III. On Kissing 12 Chapter IV. On Pressing or Marking with the Nails 13 Chapter V. On Biting, and the Ways of Love to be Employed with Regard to Women of Different Countries 14 Chapter VI. On the Various Ways of Lying Down, and the Different Kinds of Congress 15 Chapter VII. On the Various Ways of Striking, and of The Sounds Appropriate to Them 16 Chapter VIII. About Females Acting the Part of Males 17 Chapter IX. On Holding the Lingam in the Mouth 18 Chapter X. How to Begin and How to End the Congress. Different Kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels 19 Chapter I. Observations on Betrothal and Marriage 20 Chaper II. About Creating Confidence In the Girl 21 Chapter III. Courtship, and the Manifestation of the Feelings by Outward Signs and Deeds 22 Chapter IV. 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 23 Chapter V. On the Different Forms of Marriage 24 Chapter I. On the Manner of Living of a Virtuous Woman, and of Her Behaviour During the Absence of Her Husband 25 Chapter II. On the Conduct of the Eldest Wife Towards the Other Wives of her Husband, and of the Younger Wife Towards the Elder Ones...
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TKSOV
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
41 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text which is considered the primary Sanskrit work on human sexuality. It was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana in the 2nd century CE. Although Burton published this, the most widely known English translation, he was not the author of the translation, although he did provide footnotes and the introduction. The bulk of the translation was performed by an Indian archaeologist, Bhagvanlal Indraji and civil servant Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, with the assistance of a student, Shivaram Pashuram Bhide. This is one of the first systematic studies of human sexual behavior in world literature. It also documents the sociology of sex in India eighteen centuries ago.
Table of contents
41 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Preface 03 Introduction 04 Chapter I. Preface 05 Chapter II. Observations on the Three Worldly Attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love 06 Chapter III. On the Study of the Sixty-Four Arts 07 Chapter IV. On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and About the Daily Life of a Citizen, His Companions, Amusements, Etc. 08 Chapter V. About Classes of Women Fit and Unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers 09 Chapter I. Kinds of Union According to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on the Different Kinds of Love 10 Chapter II. Of the Embrace 11 Chapter III. On Kissing 12 Chapter IV. On Pressing or Marking with the Nails 13 Chapter V. On Biting, and the Ways of Love to be Employed with Regard to Women of Different Countries 14 Chapter VI. On the Various Ways of Lying Down, and the Different Kinds of Congress 15 Chapter VII. On the Various Ways of Striking, and of The Sounds Appropriate to Them 16 Chapter VIII. About Females Acting the Part of Males 17 Chapter IX. On Holding the Lingam in the Mouth 18 Chapter X. How to Begin and How to End the Congress. Different Kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels 19 Chapter I. Observations on Betrothal and Marriage 20 Chaper II. About Creating Confidence In the Girl 21 Chapter III. Courtship, and the Manifestation of the Feelings by Outward Signs and Deeds 22 Chapter IV. 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 23 Chapter V. On the Different Forms of Marriage 24 Chapter I. On the Manner of Living of a Virtuous Woman, and of Her Behaviour During the Absence of Her Husband 25 Chapter II. On the Conduct of the Eldest Wife Towards the Other Wives of her Husband, and of the Younger Wife Towards the Elder Ones...
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TKSOV
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
41 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text which is considered the primary Sanskrit work on human sexuality. It was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana in the 2nd century CE. Although Burton published this, the most widely known English translation, he was not the author of the translation, although he did provide footnotes and the introduction. The bulk of the translation was performed by an Indian archaeologist, Bhagvanlal Indraji and civil servant Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, with the assistance of a student, Shivaram Pashuram Bhide. This is one of the first systematic studies of human sexual behavior in world literature. It also documents the sociology of sex in India eighteen centuries ago.
Table of contents
41 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Preface 03 Introduction 04 Chapter I. Preface 05 Chapter II. Observations on the Three Worldly Attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love 06 Chapter III. On the Study of the Sixty-Four Arts 07 Chapter IV. On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and About the Daily Life of a Citizen, His Companions, Amusements, Etc. 08 Chapter V. About Classes of Women Fit and Unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers 09 Chapter I. Kinds of Union According to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on the Different Kinds of Love 10 Chapter II. Of the Embrace 11 Chapter III. On Kissing 12 Chapter IV. On Pressing or Marking with the Nails 13 Chapter V. On Biting, and the Ways of Love to be Employed with Regard to Women of Different Countries 14 Chapter VI. On the Various Ways of Lying Down, and the Different Kinds of Congress 15 Chapter VII. On the Various Ways of Striking, and of The Sounds Appropriate to Them 16 Chapter VIII. About Females Acting the Part of Males 17 Chapter IX. On Holding the Lingam in the Mouth 18 Chapter X. How to Begin and How to End the Congress. Different Kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels 19 Chapter I. Observations on Betrothal and Marriage 20 Chaper II. About Creating Confidence In the Girl 21 Chapter III. Courtship, and the Manifestation of the Feelings by Outward Signs and Deeds 22 Chapter IV. 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 23 Chapter V. On the Different Forms of Marriage 24 Chapter I. On the Manner of Living of a Virtuous Woman, and of Her Behaviour During the Absence of Her Husband 25 Chapter II. On the Conduct of the Eldest Wife Towards the Other Wives of her Husband, and of the Younger Wife Towards the Elder Ones...
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