Hindu love manuals are full of advice at a practical level - although the positions described in some of them are practical only for the double-jointed or professional gymnasts - but there is a far more important message common to all the teachings.
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The Kama sutra of Vatsyayana
by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana
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A work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry, and sexology, the "Kama Sutra" has been a classic of world literature for more than 1700 years.
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Table of Contents
The List of Illustrations with Notes
Page ix
Preface
Page xvi
Introduction
Page xx
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Page 1
Part I.
Index, and General Consideration of the Subject
Page 1
Chapter I.
Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and Kama
Page 6
Chapter II.
Observations on the three worldly attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love
Page 8
Chapter III.
On the study of the Sixty-four Arts
Page 12
Chapter IV.
On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and about the Daily Life of a Citizen, his Companions, Amusements, etc.
Page 17
Chapter V.
About classes of Women fit and unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers
Page 23
Part II.
Of Sexual Union
Page 29
Chapter I.
Kinds of Union according to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on the different kinds of Love.
Page 31
Chapter II.
Of the Embrace.
Page 37
Chapter III.
On Kissing.
Page 40
Chapter IV.
On Pressing or Marking with the Nails.
Page 43
Chapter V.
On Biting, and the ways of Love to be employed with regard to Women of different countries.
Page 46
Chapter VI.
On the various ways of Lying down, and the different kinds of Congress.
Page 50
Chapter VII.
On the various ways of Striking, and of the Sounds appropriate to them.
Page 54
Chapter VIII.
About Females acting the part of Males.
Page 57
Chapter IX.
On holding the Lingam in the Mouth.
Page 60
Chapter X.
How to begin and how to end the Congress. Different kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels.
Page 64
Part III.
About the Acquisition of a Wife
Page 69
Chapter I.
Observations on Betrothal and Marriage.
Page 71
Chapter II.
About Creating Confidence in the Girl.
Page 74
Chapter III.
Courtship, and the manifestation of the feelings by outward signs and deeds.
Page 78
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.
Page 82
Chapter V.
On the different Forms of Marriage.
Page 86
Part IV.
About a Wife
Page 89
Chapter I.
On the manner of living of a virtuous Woman, and of her behaviour during the absence of her Husband.
Page 91
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. 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 of a Husband who has more than one Wife.
Page 95
Part V.
About the Wives of Other People
Page 101
Chapter I.
On the Characteristics of Men and Women, and the reason why Women reject the Addresses of Men. About Men who have Success with Women, and about Women who are easily gained over.
Page 103
Chapter II.
About making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the efforts to gain her over.
Page 108
Chapter III.
Examinations of the State of a Woman's mind.
Page 111
Chapter IV.
The Business of a Go-between.
Page 114
Chapter V.
On the Love of Persons in authority with the Wives of other People.
Page 120
Chapter VI.
About the Women of the Royal Harem, and of the keeping of one's own Wife.
Page 124
Part VI.
About Courtezans
Page 129
Chapter I.
Of the Causes of a Courtezan resorting to Men; of the means of Attaching to herself the Man desired, and the kind of Man that it is desirable to be acquainted with.
Page 132
Chapter II.
Of a Courtezan living with a Man as his Wife.
Page 137
Chapter III.
Of the Means of getting Money; of the Signs of a Lover who is beginning to be Weary, and of the way to get rid of him.
Page 141
Chapter IV.
About a Re-union with a former Lover.
Page 146
Chapter V.
Of different kinds of Gain.
Page 150
Chapter VI.
Of Gains and Losses, attendant Gains and Losses, and Doubts; and lastly, the different kinds of Courtezans.
Page 154
Part VII.
On the Means of Attracting Others to Oneself
Page 163
Chapter I.
On Personal Adornment, subjugating the hearts of others, and of tonic medicines.
Chapter II.
Of the means of exciting Desire, and of the ways of enlarging the Lingam. Miscellaneous Experiments and Receipts
Page 168
Concluding Remarks
Page 173
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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 Kama.
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