The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana / Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks
by Vatsyayana
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Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. The Vatsyayana Sutra. Introductory Preface
- 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
- 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 or Mouth Congress
- Chapter X. Of the Way How to Begin and How to End the Congress. Different Kinds of Congress and Love Quarrels
- 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
- 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 D
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Works issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society