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Vatsyayana · 1883
A complete English translation of the classical Sanskrit treatise on love, desire, and erotic practices, presented with scholarly preface and introduction examining the work's historical context and related Sanskrit literature.
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Desire is a science: the Kama Sutra systematizes erotic life as a discipline inseparable from social power, strategy, and the art of pleasure.
desire
When a man and woman who have been in love come together with great difficulty, or return from a journey, their congress is called the 'loving congress.'
KSV-RC-052With flowers in her hair hanging loose and her smiles broken by hard breathings, she should press upon her lover's bosom with her own breasts.
KSV-RC-045erotic-as-power
Men want pleasure, while women want money; therefore this Part, which treats of the means of gaining wealth, should be studied.
KSV-RC-121Though she may get some money by natural means, when she uses artifice he gives doubly more; therefore artifice should be resorted to at all events.
KSV-RC-108education-and-formation
Having thus acquired learning, a man should become a householder and pass the life of a citizen, taking a house in a city near good men.
KSV-RC-017He who knows how to make himself beloved by women and to increase their honour and create confidence in them becomes an object of their love.
KSV-RC-060Illuminates
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