The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Modern Library (Publisher)
Published on 18. December 2007
240 pages
978-0-307-43233-9 (ISBN)
Description
Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of The Kama Sutra remains one of the best English interpretations of this early Indian treatise on politics, social customs, love, and intimacy. Its crisp style set a new standard for Sanskrit translation.
The Kama Sutra stands uniquely as a work of psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, and sexology. It has been a celebrated classic of Indian literature for 1,700 years and a window for the West into the culture and mysticism of the East.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative text of Sir Richard F. Burton's 1883 translation.
The Kama Sutra stands uniquely as a work of psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, and sexology. It has been a celebrated classic of Indian literature for 1,700 years and a window for the West into the culture and mysticism of the East.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative text of Sir Richard F. Burton's 1883 translation.
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Sir Richard F. Burton (1821?90) was a British explorer and writer. His translation of The Arabian Nights remains a classic.
Margot Anand, an internationally acclaimed teacher of Tantra, is the author of many bestselling books, among them Sexual Ecstasy: The Art of Orgasm and The Art of Everyday Ecstasy. She lives in California.
Margot Anand, an internationally acclaimed teacher of Tantra, is the author of many bestselling books, among them Sexual Ecstasy: The Art of Orgasm and The Art of Everyday Ecstasy. She lives in California.
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- A NOTE ON THE TEXT
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I
- INTRODUCTORY PREFACE
- CHAPTER II
- OBJECTION
- ANSWER
- OBJECTION 2
- ANSWER
- OBJECTION 3
- ANSWER
- OBJECTION 4
- ANSWER
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- FESTIVALS
- SOCIAL GATHERINGS
- DRINKING PARTIES
- GOING TO GARDENS OR PICNICS
- OTHER SOCIAL DIVERSIONS
- CHAPTER V
- PART II
- CHAPTER I
- KINDS OF UNION
- ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- PART III
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- THE FORMS OF MARRIAGE
- PART IV
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- PART V
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- PART VI
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- PART VII
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- THE MODERN LIBRARY EDITORIAL BOARD
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
