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| book kamasutra in english: The Kamasutra Vatsyayana, 2012-09-01 The first compete edition of the Kamasutra. It contains a crisp introduction; the original Sanskrit; a new, accurate and readable English translation; fifty full-page illustrations using period clothing, jewelry, and settings; and a thorough index. Composed almost two thousand years ago, it is surprisingly modern in its depiction of human nature and sexual practices. |
| book kamasutra in english: The Complete Kama Sutra , 1994-01-01 This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English, drawing on his intimate experience of India, to preserve the full explicitness of the original. I wanted to demystify India, he writes, to show that a period of great civilization, of high culture, is forcibly a period of great liberty. |
| book kamasutra in english: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Mallanaga Vatsyayana, 2021-04-15 The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vātsyāyana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many inserted anustubh poetry verses. Kāma which is one of the four goals of Hindu life, means desire including sexual desire the latter being the subject of the textbook, and sūtra literally means a thread or line that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. Contrary to popular perception, especially in the western world, the Kama Sutra is not exclusively a sex manual; it presents itself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discusses the nature of love, family life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life. The Kama Sutra does reveal that Vatsyayana lived the life of a religious student, likely in Benares, and spent his time engaged in the contemplation of the highest Deity. Scholars believe that the tone Vatsyayana takes towards youth in the Kama Sutra suggests that he likely spent many years studying religion before beginning his life's work compiling the wisdom of the sages. Indeed, Vatsyayana was less of a groundbreaking philosopher and apparently more of a diligent academician. Besides transcribing the Kama Sutra more than 300 years after the Shastras had already been passed down, he also transcribed the Nyaya Sutras, an ancient Indian text of philosophy that was composed by the buddha Gotama in the 2nd century B.C. Whereas the Kama Sutra tackles kama (or sensual pleasures), the Nyaya Sutra delineates paths for achieving moksha, or spiritual liberation from the cycle of birth and death. |
| book kamasutra in english: The Kama Sutra Vatsyayana, 2022-12-26 One of the best English translations of this ancient Indian treatise on politics, social mores, love, and intimacy are the Kama Sutra, which Mallanaga Vatsyayana wrote in the second century CE. Its clean presentation raised the bar for Sanskrit translation. The Kama Sutra is a unique combination of sexology, society, psychology. It has been hailed as a great work of Indian literature for more than 1,700 years and has served as a window for the West into the mysticism and culture of the East. The Kama Sutra, a prehistoric Indian literature, is regarded as the most important Sanskrit study of human sexuality. The Kama Sutra remains one of the most accessible and entertaining of all the ancient classics, having been written with frankness and unassuming simplicity. The Kama Sutra is so significant as a work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, theology, science, and sexology that it simultaneously had an impact on Indian civilization and remained a crucial component in understanding it. |
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| book kamasutra in english: The Book of Love James McConnachie, 2009-05-26 An “enticing . . . elegant and stylish” biography of the ancient Hindu manuscript that became the world’s most famous sex manual (The New York Review of Books) The Kamasutra is one of the world’s best-known yet least understood texts, its title instantly familiar but its contents widely misconstrued as a how-to guide of acrobatic sexual techniques. Yet the book began its life in third-century India as something quite different: a vision of a life of urbane sophistication, with advice on matters from friendship to household decoration. Celebrated, then neglected, the Kamasutra was very nearly lost—until an outrageous adventurer brought it to the West, earning literary immortality. In lively, lucid prose, James McConnachie provides a rare look at the exquisite civilization that produced this cultural cornerstone. He details the quest of explorer Richard Burton, who—with his coterie of libertines—unleashed the Kamasutra on Victorian society as a slap at its prudishness. And he describes the Kamasutra’s exile to the pornographic underground, until the end of the Lady Chatterley obscenity ban thrust it once more into contentious daylight. The first work to tell the full story of the Kamasutra, The Book of Love explores how a way of looking at the world came to be cradled between book covers—and survived. |
| book kamasutra in english: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Supercharged Kama Sutra Illustrated Al Link, Pala Copeland, 2006-12-15 After centuries, it's still the best climax to a long hard day-and it's full-colour and fully- illustrated... With its ageless wisdom and explicit advice for getting maximum orgasmic pleasure, the Kama Sutrais still considered the definitive sex manual on the market. But among its countless translations and pictorial editions, no volume has gone so deeply into its secrets as this one does-thanks to a very satisfied husband and wife team of sex experts. Completely full colour, this book includes more than 70 photographs by Eric Levin, whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, among other publications Authors are counsellors and certified sex experts Explicit instructions and advice, with beautiful photographs Hot, valuable tips not found in other books on the Kama Sutra |
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| book kamasutra in english: Lal Kitab - a Rare Book on Astrology U. C. Mahajan, 2004-08-22 The Lal Kitab, a rare book in urdu, was popular in north-west India, Pakistan, Iran and many other countries. This English version has added new dimensions to make it more lucid and easier to understand. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kamasutra (English Edition) Vatsyayana, 2016-08-25 The Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian Hindu text written by Vatsyayana. It is widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many inserted anustubh poetry verses. Kama which is one of the four goals of Hindu life, means desire including sexual desire the latter being the subject of the textbook, and sutra literally means a thread or line that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kama Sutra for 21st Century Lovers Anne Hooper, 2003-11-06 Based on erotic positions from classic texts of ancient wisdom this is the classic sex guide for lovers of all ages - the inspirational new sex manual for 21st century lovers. Sensual photography illustrates a range of positions and practices that have been tried and tested through the ages - there's something for everyone! |
| book kamasutra in english: Redeeming the Kamasutra Wendy Doniger, 2016-02-11 The Kamasutra, composed in the third century CE, is the world's most famous textbook of erotic love. There is nothing remotely like it even today, and for its time it was astonishingly sophisticated. Yet it is all but ignored as a serious work in its country of origin-sometimes taken as a matter of national shame rather than pride - and in the rest of the world it is a source of amused amazement and inspires magazine articles that offer mattress-quaking sex styles such as the backstairs boogie and the spider web. In this scholarly and superbly readable book, one of the world's foremost authorities on ancient Indian texts seeks to restore the Kamasutra to its proper place in the Sanskrit canon, as a landmark of India's secular literature. She reveals fascinating aspects of the Kamasutra as a guide to the art of living for the cosmopolitan beau monde of ancient India: its emphasis on grooming and etiquette (including post-coital conversation), the study and practice of the arts (ranging from cooking and composing poetry to coloring one's teeth and mixing perfumes), and discretion and patience in conducting affairs (especially adulterous affairs). In its encyclopedic social and psychological narratives, it also displays surprisingly modern ideas about gender and role-playing, female sexuality, and homosexual desire. Even as she draws our attention to the many ways in which the Kamasutra challenges the conventions of its time (and often ours) - in dismissing procreation as the aim of sex, for instance - Doniger also shows us how it perpetuates attitudes that have continued to darken human sexuality: passages that twin passion with violence, for example, and those that explain away women's protests and exclamations of pain as ploys to excite their male partners. In these attitudes, as in its more enlightened observations on sexual love, we see the nearly two- thousand-year-old Kamasutra mirror twenty-first-century realities. In investigating and helping us understand a much celebrated but under-appreciated text, Wendy Doniger has produced a rich and compelling text of her own that will interest, delight, and surprise scholars and lay readers alike. |
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| book kamasutra in english: Red-hot Sex the Kama Sutra Way Richard Emerson, 2004 Illustrated with over 100 tasteful yet explicit modern photographs, this full-color book reinterprets the Kama Sutra through words and pictures for a new generation. Drawing wisdom from the ancient Hindu guide to sexual pleasure, Red-Hot Sex the Kama Sutra Way modernizes the erotic advice in the original Kama Sutra for 21st-century couples eager to reach new heights of orgasmic delight. Written by a leading sex author, it serves up a sumptuous banquet of sexual treats, including secret pleasure zones of the body, hidden paths to stimulate the sexual spirits, wicked ways to arouse a partner, sex positions for greater peaks of passion, and erotic fantasies, games, and adventures. True to the original teachings of the East, this book shows how sex is a divine union of equals, a joining of sexual minds as well as a physical fusion of bodies. It enables and empowers readers to tap into the wellspring of their sexual energy. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kama Sutra Sex Guide for Couples Samantha Mandala, 2021-07-29 Is your sex life getting boring and repetitive? Are you looking for ways to rekindle the passion in your relationship and increase the complicity with your partner? Do you want to discover new sex positions and master the secrets of the Kama Sutra? Do not go further; this is the book for you! The Kama Sutra is an ancient Hindu text that contains various pieces of advice on sexual pleasure, love, and intimacy between couples. Though it's often associated with sex positions, the Kama Sutra has a lot more to offer than loving relationships. While the Kama Sutra is a beautiful text, it can sometimes be complex and challenging to understand. So to help couples practice these ancient techniques, we've gathered some of the most effective love-arts (or sexual positions) into one convenient guide: The Kama Sutra Guide for Couples. In this book, Samantha Mandala addresses the Kama Sutra in a modern way, enriching the original content with new ideas and trends and interpreting, for the reader, topics that would otherwise be anachronistic. This book contains: Introduction to the history of the Kama Sutra and the first steps on the subject. Techniques and ideas for foreplay and after play: Kisses, Scratching, Bites, and much more! A wide range of illustrated sex positions, complete with clear explanations. A complete map of the erogenous zones with clear explanations on how to stimulate them. Techniques on how to improve good old missionary sex. Sex positions to overcome anxiety and insecurity. Roleplay ideas. Tease and Denial techniques. Bondage first steps. Fetishes and kinks Anal play and anal sex beginner guide. Full workout and exercises to improve your sexual performance. And much more! The Kama Sutra Guide for Couples is a concentrate of information and ideas that will help you not to fall into the trap of routine. Take your first steps on a journey that will lead you to discover the nuances of sex and achieve ultimate pleasure for you and your partner! Are you ready to master the secrets of sex? BUY NOW! |
| book kamasutra in english: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Bhagavanlal Indrajit, 2021-03-05 The art of living well, the nature of love, finding a life partner, maintaining one's love life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life. Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks. First published in English in 1883.The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment in life. Attributed to Vātsyāyana, the Kama Sutra is neither exclusively nor predominantly a sex manual on sex positions, but written as a guide to the art of living well, the nature of love, finding a life partner, maintaining one's love life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life. It is a sutra-genre text with terse aphoristic verses that have survived into the modern era with different bhāṣyas (exposition and commentaries). The text is a mix of prose and anustubh-meter poetry verses. The text acknowledges the Hindu concept of Purusharthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the proper goals of life. Its chapters discuss methods for courtship, training in the arts to be socially engaging, finding a partner, flirting, maintaining power in a married life, when and how to commit adultery, sexual positions, and other topics. The majority of the book is about the philosophy and theory of love, what triggers desire, what sustains it, and how and when it is good or bad. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kama Sutra Vātsyāyana, 2004 The Kama Sutra's relevance is perennial, since of all life's expressions, sexual gratification remains fundametal, Illustrated with rare miniatures, gouache and tantric paintings, and sculptures on lvory panels, the book imbibes the magic of the Kama Sutra and examines the life force, of which the physical and the spiritual are equally potent aspects. Available in English and French. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kama Sutra Narayana, 2011-02-03 The word 'kama' means the desire for sensual pleasure in Sanskrit, and was considered an essential part of the well-rounded education of a young, urbane gentleman. Treating pleasure as an art, Kama Sutra is a handbook covering every aspect of love and relationships. Its seven sections are devoted to the social life, courtship and marriage, extra-marital relations, the conduct of courtesans and prescriptions for enhancing attractiveness, as well as systematic, detailed instruction on sex. This modern translation of Kama Sutra takes it away from the well-worn image of an erotic, Oriental curiosity. This clear, accurate translation conveys all the original flavour and feel of this elegant, intimate and hugely enjoyable work; a masterpiece of pithy description and a wry account of human desires and foibles. |
| book kamasutra in english: Principles & Practice of Panchakarma (A Comprehensive Book For U.G., P.G., Researchers & Practitioners) Vaidya Vasant Patil, 2016-01-14 Principles & Practice of Pañcakarma is an essential text on the Pañcakarma, a branch of Medicine. The need for such a book results from scarcity of well written, critically reviewed and the less number of books on Pañcakarma in English language. In 4th edition of Principles & Practice of Pañcakarma, important topics have been added wherever necessary in order make the book complete. Current Practice of Pañcakarma in different diseases is updated. We are very much thankful to all those readers especially students for their overwhelming response & feedbacks. This incredible response increased the responsibility of Atreya Ayurveda Publications to come out with quality Ayurvedic Books. We hope the readers will continue to support in the same manner for this edition & other publications. Intended Audience A Comprehensive Book for BAMS students, M.D. scholars, Academicians, Practitioners and Researchers. This book will helps in precise & deeper understanding of the principles, concepts & practices of Pañcakarma therapy. Outstanding Features Description of fundamentals of Pañcakarma and fundamentals of Shodhana in separate chapters, which is the unique feature of book. All the Keraliya Pañcakarma therapies are covered in Snehana & Svedana chapters, in detail critically with current practices. In the chapter entitled “Fundamental principles of Shodhana”, the author has tried to explain the need, importance, utility, fundamentals, Basic considerations before bio-purification and practical considerations in vivid manner. Basic considerations before Pañcakarma and before Vamana etc. karma are the unique feature of this book. In the chapter therapeutic Pañcakarma the indications of Pañcakarma in different diseases with references has been described in tabular form. The research chapter deals with the problems of research, research methodology, researches done on Pañcakarma, standardization of Pañcakarma, area of research, Pañcakarma Record form, which is unique and first work. Experiences of the eminent physicians, research findings & my past 8 years experiences also included in order to make the book more practical & authentic. The heading ‘Critical notes’ in each Karma refers to the description of essential notes, which needs to be separated from the procedure to make the book reader friendly. The classifications, dose, indications, contraindications etc. subjects are presented in tabular form for easier and better understanding. The mode of action has been described both by Ayurvedic and Modern views in order to highlight the scientific substantiation of action of therapies. |
| book kamasutra in english: With the Kama Sutra Under My Arm Trisha Bernard, 2008 What do you do when your boyfriend dumps you and you’re nursing a broken heart? For Trisha Bernard, the answer’s clear: escape to India, armed with a copy of the Kama Sutra. That way you’ll be ready should love (or lust) strike. But, as Bernard explains in her uproarious account of that madcap adventure, not everything goes quite as planned. At the last minute, she’s joined by her long-lost friend Sally--an eccentric shopaholic who travels with a jam-packed monster suitcase. Then, there’s India itself, where the two women end up almost marooned in the Thar Desert, practically camel-napped in Rajasthan, and attacked by an amorous monkey in Delhi. And that’s just the beginning.... With her ardor for architecture and history, and her Kama Sutra to inspire passion, Trisha Bernard leads us on a wacky, witty, and wonderful romp through one of the world’s most fascinating cultures. |
| book kamasutra in english: A Question of Silence Janaki Nair, Mary E. John, 2000-10 The essays in this volume develop an understanding of the institutions, practices and forms of representation of Indian sexual relations and their boundaries of legitimacy. |
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| book kamasutra in english: KAMASUTRA Pradeep Thakur, 2006 A new translation of the Kama Sutra reveals that it is not only a study of sexual pleasure, but also an inspirational guide that elevates the erotic experience to new heights. |
| book kamasutra in english: Just Love Margaret Farley, 2008-02-15 Winner of the 2008 Grawemeyer Award in Religion This long-awaited book by one of American Christianity's foremost ethicists proposes a framework for sexual ethics whereby justice is the criterion for all loving, including love that is related to sexual activity and relationships. It begins with historical and cross-cultural explorations, then addresses the large questions of embodiment, gender, and sexuality, and finally delineates the justice framework for sexual ethics. Though Just Love's particular focus is Christian sexual ethics, Farley's framework is broad enough to have relevance for multiple traditions. Also covered are specific issues in sexual ethics, including same-sex relationships, marriage and family, divorce and second marriage. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kāma Sūtra of Vātsyāyana वात्स्यायन, 2014 Ancient classical Sanskrit treatise on love and sex; text with English translation and notes. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kamasutra Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Vātsyāyana, 2009-03-26 The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love. About the art of living as well as about the positions in sexual intercourse, it is here newly translated into clear, vivid, sexually frank English together with three commentaries: excerpts from the earliest and most famous Sanskrit commentary (13th century), a twentieth-century Hindi commentary, and explanatory notes by the translators. The edition is enhanced by a selection of colour plates from an early edition of the work. |
| book kamasutra in english: Kamasutra Vātsyāyana, 2002 The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love. It is about the art of living - about finding a partner, maintaining power in a marriage, committing adultery, living as or with a courtesan, using drugs - and also about the positions in sexual intercourse. It was composed inSanskrit, the literary language of ancient India, sometime in the third century of the common era, probably in North India. It combines an encyclopedic coverage of all imaginable aspects of sex with a closely observed sexual pyschology and a dramatic, novelistic narrative of seduction,consummation, and disentanglement. Best known in English through the highly mannered, padded, and inaccurate nineteenth-century translation of Sir Richard Burton, the text is presented here in an entirely new translation into clear, vivid, sexually frank English, together with three commentaries:translated excerpts from the earliest and most famous Sanskrit commentary (13th century) and from a twentieth-century Hindi commentary, and explanatory notes by the two translators.The lively and entertaining introduction by Wendy Doniger discusses the history of the text and its reception in India and Europe, analyses its attitudes toward gender and sexual violence, and sets it in the context of ancient Indian social theory, scientific method, and sexual ethics. |
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| book kamasutra in english: Redeeming the Kamasutra Wendy Doniger, 2016 In this scholarly and superbly readable book, one of the world's foremost authorities on ancient Indian texts seeks to restore the Kamasutra to its proper place in the Sanskrit canon, as a landmark of India's secular literature. In investigating, and helping us understand, a much celebrated but under-appreciated text, Wendy Doniger has produced a rich and compelling text of her own that will interest, delight, and surprise scholars and lay readers alike-- |
| book kamasutra in english: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Mallanaga Vatsyayana, 2021-06-12 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. The oldest known book to focus on erotic love, Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is more than a book about sex; it is about living, morals, and guiding principles. A great read, it is no surprise that it has survived the test of time. First published in 1883, this book contains Richard Francis Burton's English translation of the Kama Sutra. Believed to have been written between 400 BCE and 300 BCE, the Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text originally written in Sanskrit that deals with eroticism, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment. The first English translation of the ancient book, Burton's volume led to it becoming one of the most pirated books in the English language. Contents include: The Vatsyayana Sutra, Of Sexual Union, About the Acquisition of a Wife, About a Wife, About the Wives of Other Men, About Courtesans, and About the Means of Attracting Others to Yourself. Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) was a British writer, poet, linguist, explorer, translator, geographer, ethnologist, orientalist, Freemason, diplomat, and cartographer best remembered for extensively travelling in and exploring Africa, Asia, and the Americas. An extraordinary polyglot, he spoke 29 languages and gained extensive knowledge about many different cultures and their practices. His most famous works include English translations of One Thousand and One Nights and an incredible account of his incognito trip to Mecca when Europeans were strictly forbidden to do so. |
| book kamasutra in english: Rogerson's Book of Numbers Barnaby Rogerson, 2013-11-07 Rogerson's Book of Numbers tells the stories behind our iconic numbers. It is based on a numerical array of virtues, spiritual attributes, gods, devils, sacred cities, powers, calendars, heroes, saints, icons and cultural symbols. It provides a dazzling mass of information for those intrigued by the many roles numbers play in folklore and popular culture, in music and poetry, and in the many religions, cultures and belief systems of our world. The stories unfold from millions to zero: from the number of the beast (666) to the seven deadly sins, the twelve signs of the zodiac to the four suits of a pack of cards. Along the way you will discover why Genghis Khan built a city of 108 towers, how Dante forged his Divine Comedy on the number eleven, and why thirteen is so unlucky in the west while fourteen is the number to avoid in China. Now available as a paperback, this is your pocket-book guide to the numerical mysteries of the universe. |
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