The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - Softcover

Mallanaga Vatsyayana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848583931 ISBN 13: 9781848583931

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

The Kama Sutra is the world's best-known manual on love-making and sexual fulfilment, but it is also more than that: it is a classic text on the value of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. While many of the social practices are now obsolete, the central theme of sex is as relevant today as it ever was and the observations about the behaviour of men and women are enduringly perceptive. This fully illustrated edition, presented with beautiful illustrations and page decoration throughout, contains an extended introduction to the ideas behind The Kama Sutra, and how it first came to be published in the West. Sections include: On Sexual Union, About the Acquisition of a Wife, About a Wife, About the Wives of Other Men, About Courtesans.

About this title

Product Description:

Written by the Hindu philosopher Vatsyayana around 300 CE, the Kama Sutra is popularly known as a sex manual but is actually a moral treatise on the achievement of sensual and aesthetic pleasure, one of Hinduisms four goals of life. The text was first translated and published in the West in 1883 by the explorer and linguist, Sir Richard Burton. This edition presents his candid translation, illustrated with classical Indian miniatures.

Review:

"["The Kama Sutra is] tender, sage, and domestic." --Fawn M. Brodie

"["The Kama Sutra" is] tender, sage, and domestic." --Fawn M. Brodie

["The Kama Sutra" is] tender, sage, and domestic. Fawn M. Brodie"

[The Kama Sutra is] tender, sage, and domestic. Fawn M. Brodie"

"[The Kama Sutra is] tender, sage, and domestic." --Fawn M. Brodie

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848583931
• ISBN 13: 9781848583931
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128