
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana / Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks
by Vatsyayana
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Chapters (265)
- THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA.
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- PART I. THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE.
- SALUTATION TO DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
- PART I.
- 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.[13]
- CHAPTER V.
- ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS.
- PART II. OF SEXUAL UNION.
- CHAPTER I.
- KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO
- 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[39] 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. ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.
- CHAPTER I.
- ON MARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER II.
- OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL.
- CHAPTER III.
- ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- ABOUT THINGS TO BE DONE ONLY BY THE MAN, AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE GIRL THEREBY. ALSO WHAT IS TO BE DONE BY A GIRL TO GAIN OVER A MAN, AND SUBJECT HIM TO HER.
- CHAPTER V.
- ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE[50]
- PART IV. ABOUT A WIFE.
- CHAPTER I.
- ON 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.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Works issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society.
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