The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana : Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vātsyāyana.

Contributor:

Bhide, Shivaram Parashuram

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

Indrajit, Bhagavanlal

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana" by Vatsyayana is a classical ancient Indian text that serves as a guide on love and sexuality, written in the early centuries of the Common Era. This work is often perceived as an erotic manual, but it encompasses a wider scope, addressing relationships, the social practices of the time, and the art of living well in accordance with sensual pleasures, virtue, and material wealth. The opening portion of this treatise provides a preface to its significance in Sanskrit literature, highlighting its comprehensive nature alongside other works related to love and sexuality. It illustrates Vatsyayana's objective to condense existing knowledge into a structured format for the benefit of readers seeking to understand the complex interplay of desire, socio-cultural practices, and philosophy surrounding love. In this introduction, key themes such as the classification of women, sexual unions, and the importance of mutual respect and understanding between partners begin to surface, laying the groundwork for a deeper exploration into the art of love that follows in later chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Carla Foust, Jon Noring and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra

Release date is 2009-01-18