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VatsyayanaRichard Francis Burton
Kama Sutra
(Annotated)
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2017 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-3694-7
Table of Contents
PART I. THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE.
CHAPTER II.
PART III. ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.
PART V. ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
PART VII. ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.
PREFACE.
In the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, and which is called the 'Vatsyayana Kama Sutra,' or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana.
While the introduction will bear with the evidence concerning the date of the writing, and the commentaries written upon it, the chapters following the introduction will give a translation of the work itself. It is, however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of works of the same nature, prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsya had passed away, but who still considered him as a great authority, and always quoted him as