The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana

By Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Excerpt
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 deal 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 Vatsyayana had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.

Table of Contents
· PREFACE · PART I · CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION · CHAPTER II. ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA · CHAPTER III. ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED · CHAPTER IV. THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN · CHAPTER V. ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS · PART II · CHAPTER I. KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO DIMENSIONS, FORCE OF DESIRE OR PASSION, TIME · CHAPTER II. OF THE EMBRACE · CHAPTER III. ON KISSING · CHAPTER IV. ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS · CHAPTER V. ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES · CHAPTER VI. OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS · CHAPTER VII. OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM · CHAPTER VIII. ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN; AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN · CHAPTER IX. OF THE AUPARISHTAKA OR MOUTH CONGRESS · CHAPTER X. OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS · PART III

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