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TheKamasutra
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TheKamasutraThe Original SanskritVatsyayanaAn English TranslationLars Martin FosseYogaVidya.com
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ContentsIntroductionxiPart One: General M atters1One: Summary of the Guide3Two: The Three Aims of Life10Three: Exposition of the Skills18Four: Lifestyle of the Elegant Man25Five: The Lover and His Companions38Part twO: sexual I ntercOurse47One: Sexual Unions49Sexual Intercourse with Regard to Size,Endurance and TemperamentThe Variations of Love4958Two: Embraces61Three: Ways of Kissing77Four: Forms of Scratching85Five: Biting and Behaviors92vii
viiicOntentsWays of BitingBehavior Typical of Women from Different ProvincesSix: Positions and Unusual ActsDifferent Sexual PositionsUnusual Sexual Acts9295100100118Seven: Slapping and Moaning130Eight: Imitation and Techniques138138141Imitating the Sexual Role of a ManSexual Techniques of a ManNine: Oral Sex151Ten: Sex: Beginning, Ending, Types, Quarrels165165172175The Beginning and Conclusion of Sexual IntercourseDifferent Kinds of SexThe Lovers’ QuarrelPart three: YOunG wOMen181One: Choosing a Bride183183188Rules of CourtshipDeciding a MatchTwo: Winning Her Confidence191Three: Approaches and Gestures200200209Approaching a Young WomanIndications through Gestures and Facial ExpressionsFour: AdvancesAdvances a Man Can Make on His OwnApproaching a Man One DesiresWinning a Young Woman by AdvancesFive: Stratagems for Weddings213213219222225
cOntentsixPart FOur: the wIFe233One: The Only Wife235235244Conduct of an Only WifeConduct of a Wife Whose Husband is AbroadTwo: The Other Wives248Conduct of the Senior Wife to the Co-Wives248Conduct of the Junior Wife251253256258261Conduct of the Remarried WomanConduct of an Unloved WifeMatters Pertaining to the HaremConduct of a Man with Several WivesPart FIve: Other M en’s wIves265One: Seducing Successfully267267270275276Exposing the Nature of Men and WomenCauses of ResistanceMen Who Have Success with WomenWomen Who are Easily WonTwo: Intimacy and AdvancesWays to IntimacyMaking Advances279279284Three: Examination of Inclinations287Four: Tasks of the Female Messenger294Five: The Erotic Desire of Rulers309Six: Harems and Wives320320329Life in the HaremGuarding One’s Wives
xcOntentsPart sIx: cOurtesansOne: Friends and LoversThe Appraisal of a Friend, Suitable and Unsuitable Lovers,and Reasons for Approaching a LoverHow to Acquire One333335335341Two: Compliance with the Lover345Three: Money, Indifference and DisposalMethods for Driving the Lover Away358358362364Four: Restoring a Broken Relationship368Five: Types of Profit378Six: Profit, Loss, Risk and Types of Available Women388Ways to Make MoneySigns and Recognition of IndifferenceConsidering Profit and Loss, and theirConsequences and RisksTypes of Available WomenPart seven: a dvanced M ethOdsOne: Luck, Spellbinding and AphrodisiacsAchieving Luck in LoveSpellbinding SomeoneAphrodisiacsTwo: Passion, Enlargement and TechniquesRecovery of Lost PassionEnlarging the Male OrganUnusual utors433Index435
IntroductionBOth juIcY and exceedingly dry, sensitive and cynical, ahead of itstime and appallingly retrograde, the Kamasutra is the most famousguide to sensual pleasure ever written—indeed, one of the mostnotorious books in the history of the world. Its acute insights intohuman nature are still relevant today.While previous publishers typically either stole the word“Kamasutra” and slapped it on a book of modern photographs, orneglected to include the original Sanskrit, or reprinted an old, faultytranslation (or introduced a new, faulty translation), or includedreproductions of miniatures made more than a millennium afterthe text was composed, YogaVidya.com and I have labored mightilyto create a proper edition. It includes the original Sanskrit typesetin Devanagari, a new, accurate and readable English translation,and illustrations using period clothing, jewelry, and settings thatactually correspond to what is described in the text.Composed in northern India in the third or fourth century ceat the beginning of the Gupta Empire, the apex of India’s classicalcivilization, the Kamasutra is the oldest existing Indian text aboutpleasure. It was a handbook for the urbane man of culture, courtesans, and upper-class women. Painting a vivid picture of life inIndia, its ideas permeated classical literature. It is a digest of severalolder works, which in turn were said to draw from a large work byan attendant of the god Shiva, implying a divine origin.xi
xiiI ntrOductIOnVatsyayana does not present himself as the original author, butrather one who reorganizes and edits the work of others. He alsooffers his own arguments and views, positioning himself as the finalauthority on a number of issues. Surprisingly pragmatic and mostlyamoral, Vatsyayana comes to the defense of eroticism and discreetlypokes fun at the ascetics. We know nothing about him. Like somany ancient authors, he vanishes in the mists of time. Only hisname remains, perhaps legendary.A detailed summary of the book can be found in the openingchapter, so I won’t repeat that information here. But knowing a fewthings now will make this book easier to follow.A distinctive feature of the Kamasutra is its classification of menand women according to the size of their genitals so couples cancombine for maximum pleasure. Positions that work well for couplesof equal size may not be as good for couples of unequal size. Severalpositions try to accommodate unequal sizes by achieving a tight fitby other means, such as using the thighs to produce a good squeeze.Small, medium, and large genitals go together in different combinations, or unions. The best unions are small with small, mediumwith medium, and large with large. Union with one size larger orsmaller is high or low; union with two sizes larger or smaller is veryhigh or very low.The genital sizes and their combinations are as nt cowEqualEqualEqualHareBullMareElephant ephant cowDoeVery lowVery high
I ntrOductIOnxiiiAnother notable feature of the text is the “third nature,” whichincludes everyone who is neither a heterosexual male nor a heterosexual female. While imposing modern categories on ancientphenomena is fraught with difficulties, we can say in the mostgeneral terms that, in the Kamasutra, the third nature is primarilycomposed of biological males engaging in a wide variety of nonheterosexual behaviors. It gives a vivid impression of gay men’s lifein classical India.You may be shocked at the abundance of biting, scratching, andslapping. Slapping causes passionate moaning and screaming on thepart of the woman. The point is probably to stimulate the brain’sproduction of endorphins, which increases sexual ecstasy, just as itdoes in religious ecstasies.The age of marriage throughout the ancient world, with itsshort life spans, was lower than it is today. This explains why theman is told to engage in childish pastimes to win his bride’s confidence. Kind and considerate treatment was meant to create a secureemotional basis for the marriage and a reliable wife who would notreject sex or prefer other men.Prostitution was very much a part of the entertainment industryof the day. Courtesans lived in a special quarter of the city, eitherindependently or financed by the king. Although roundly condemnedby the clergy, courtesans were immensely popular and admired, justlike modern celebrities. Indian kings, like their European counterparts, invested in and taxed prostitution—with excellent returns.Since prostitutes were an economic asset, they had some legal protection, although they were otherwise regarded as beyond the paleof respectable society. Among themselves, they lived in a worldof reversed status—the women were the most important persons,usually supervised by a stone-hearted older woman, or “mother,”who ran the business. Men had no status and no authority.Lastly, you may be astonished by the vast amount of intrigue,drama, and suspense. Penetrating another man’s harem and having
xivI ntrOductIOnsex with his wives was dangerous for all involved. Nevertheless,both harem women and other married women had many ways toget sexual satisfaction on the sly. Thus, the urbane man—frommerchant to king—had to guard his women against the plots ofother men, as well as against the plots of the women themselves andeven of their servants. At the same time, he might engage in similarplots, having affairs with married women himself!As for the structure of the book, the first thing to realize is thatit is a sutra text, characterized by highly condensed, almost inaccessible technical language stripped of every unnecessary syllable toease memorization. (Sutra literally means
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