The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. Vatsyayana

THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND.

       CHAPTER II.

       ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ELDER WIFE TOWARDS THE OTHER WIVES OF HER HUSBAND, AND ON THAT OF A 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 LASTLY ON THE CONDUCT OF A HUSBAND TOWARDS MANY WIVES.

       PART V.

       ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.

       CHAPTER I.

       OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN.—THE REASONS WHY WOMEN REJECT THE ADDRESSES OF MEN.—ABOUT MEN WHO HAVE SUCCESS WITH WOMEN, AND ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE EASILY GAINED OVER.

       CHAPTER II.

       ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER.

       CHAPTER III.

       EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN'S MIND.

       CHAPTER IV.

       ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN.

       CHAPTER V.

       ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.

       CHAPTER VI.

       ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE'S OWN WIFE.

       PART VI.

       ABOUT COURTESANS.

       INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

       CHAPTER I.

       OF THE CAUSES OF A COURTESAN RESORTING TO MEN; OF THE MEANS OF ATTACHING TO HERSELF THE MAN DESIRED; AND OF THE KIND OF MAN THAT IT IS DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH.

       CHAPTER II.

       OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE.

       CHAPTER III.

       OF THE MEANS OF GETTING MONEY. OF THE SIGNS OF THE CHANGE OF A LOVER'S FEELINGS, AND OF THE WAY TO GET RID OF HIM.

       CHAPTER IV.

       ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER.

       CHAPTER V.

       OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN.

       CHAPTER VI.

       OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS.

       PART VII.

       ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.

       CHAPTER I.

       ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES.

       CHAPTER II.

       OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES.

       CONCLUDING REMARKS.

       Works issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society .

PREFACE.

       Table of Contents

      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 the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.

      Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are procurable in India:—

      1 The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love.

      2 The Panchasakya, or the five arrows.

      3 The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love.

      4 The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love.

      5 The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love.

      6 The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat in the ocean of love.

      The author of