The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana : the classic Hindu treatise on love and social conduct

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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana : the classic Hindu treatise on love and social conduct

translated by Sir Richard F. Burton ; foreword by Santha Rama Rau ; introduction by John W. Spellman

Penguin Books India, 1993, c1962

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The 1964 publication of Sir Richard Burton's translation marked the first wide appearance in English of the Kama Sutra and was celebrated as a literary event of highest importance. As vital to an understanding of ancient Indian civilization as the works of Plato and Aristotle are to the West, the Kama Sutra has endured for 1,700 years as an indisputable classic of world literature. Written with frankness and unassuming candor, the Kama Sutra remains one of the most readable and enjoyable of all the classics of antiquity. A work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry, and sexology, the Kama Sutra's importance is so great that it has at the same time both affected Indian civilization and remained an indispensable key to understanding it.

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The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana " cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" border="0"Foreword Introduction Introductory Preface Part I: Society and Social Concepts Part II: On Sexual Union Part III: About the Acquisition of a Wife Part IV: About a Wife Part V: About the Wives of Other Men Part VI: About Courtesans Part VII: On the Means of Attracting Others to Yourself

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