Kama Sutra (Annotated). Richard Francis Burton

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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

       PREFACE.

       INTRODUCTION.

       PART I. THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       PART II. OF SEXUAL UNION

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       CHAPTER VI.

       CHAPTER VII.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       CHAPTER IX.

       CHAPTER X.

       PART III. ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       PART IV. ABOUT A WIFE

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       PART V. ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       CHAPTER VI.

       PART VI. ABOUT COURTESANS.

       INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       CHAPTER VI.

       PART VII. ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CONCLUDING REMARKS.

      PREFACE.

       TOC

      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