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A classic interpretation of the 3rd century Indian sutra
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‘One of the world’s great books’
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‘Delights with its clear, poetical candour.’
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The 'Kama Sutra' is the all-time classic guide to the art and skills of sex and love. It teaches that love should be an ecstatic experience, but sexual happiness is only likely if both partners have a good understanding of sexual behaviour.
The 'Kama Sutra' has a practical wisdom and appeal that remains undiminished over time. Although it was written in the third century, its observations are still fresh, fascinating, honest and relevant today as ever.
Discover the 'Kama Sutra's' thoughts...
· On the characteristics of men and women, and the reason why women reject the addresses of men
· About men who have success with women, and about women who are easily gained over
· On sexual union, embracing, kissing, biting, congress and love quarrels
· On the means of exciting desire
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- PublisherUNWIN PAPERBACKS
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 004891049X
- ISBN 13 9780048910493
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. VG/G, purple pictorial dj with white titles on spine, contents are clean and unmarked, small octavo 295pp. weight 500g. The classic Richard Burton version. Sexual union; acquisition of a wife; about a wife; about the wives of other men; about courtesans; means of attracting others to yourself. Seller Inventory # 000545
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. Translated By Sir Richard Burton and F. F. Arbuthnot
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st BookClub Assosiates. Hardback. Introduction by K. M. Panikkar. This book, a Sanskrit book of about the third century, has for long been honoured in India as the earliest Indian treatise on the science and art of sex and love. It describes social customs in early India, analyses sexual techniques and comments on the many different situations in which men and women of the day might find themselves involved and how best these should be dealt with. Its purpose is to discover in what ways happiness and enjoyment can be best achieved. While sharing the Indian attitude to love as an ecstatic experience, it assumes that sexual happiness is founded on scientific knowledge and to this end it provides a series of chapters based on the practical experience of sex. In this respect it was a forerunner of the modern marriage guidance book. The Kama Sutra underlies all later Indian writings on love including Sanskirt love poetry and is a classic contribution to Indian culture. The Preface by W. G. Archer discusses the circumstances in which the translation was made, its place in Western studies of Indian culture and the respective roles of Sir Richard Burton and his friend, Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. Sardar K. M. Panikkar explains in his Introduction how the Kama Sutra is valued and appreciated in India. 296 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 078414
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Guild Book Edition. Hardback. Introduction by K. M. Panikkar. This book, a Sanskrit book of about the third century, has for long been honoured in India as the earliest Indian treatise on the science and art of sex and love. It describes social customs in early India, analyses sexual techniques and comments on the many different situations in which men and women of the day might find themselves involved and how best these should be dealt with. Its purpose is to discover in what ways happiness and enjoyment can be best achieved. While sharing the Indian attitude to love as an ecstatic experience, it assumes that sexual happiness is founded on scientific knowledge and to this end it provides a series of chapters based on the practical experience of sex. In this respect it was a forerunner of the modern marriage guidance book. The Kama Sutra underlies all later Indian writings on love including Sanskirt love poetry and is a classic contribution to Indian culture. The Preface by W. G. Archer discusses the circumstances in which the translation was made, its place in Western studies of Indian culture and the respective roles of Sir Richard Burton and his friend, Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. Sardar K. M. Panikkar explains in his Introduction how the Kama Sutra is valued and appreciated in India. 296 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 085042
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. N/A (illustrator). HB DJ 5th impression. f/c illustrated printed glossy DJ not clipped. See my pic. Blue cloth boards gilt titles spine. 22.2 x 14.8cm. 295 pages. Top edge of pages in black, as original binding. Introduction by K M Panikkar. Translated by R Burton & FF Arbuthnot. Edited with Preface by W G Archer. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, a Sanskrit book of about the 3rd century AD has long been honoured in India as the earliest Indian treatise on the science & art of sex and love. The present English text is the Richard Burton translation, first printed in London in 1883, but only widely available since the early 1960s. Condition: Inner flap of DJ curled on corner. Back DJ flap creased on bottom corner. Boards VG. Centre and bottom outer edge of pages collectively discoloured with age. Internally clean, v little wear, tight binding, good colour. Seller Inventory # 001251
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