The Kama Sutra - Softcover

Vatsyayana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1480129771 ISBN 13: 9781480129771

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text composed between the 4th to 6th centuries CE and widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vatsyayana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many poetry verses. Vatsyayana is the name of a Hindu philosopher in the Vedic tradition who is believed to have lived during time of the Gupta Empire in India.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This is the earliest and best known of the Indian sex manuals. These texts were printed for private circulation only, in Victorian England.

About the Author:

Sir Richard F Burton (1821-1890) was one of the greatest traveller-explorers in history, whose life has been chronicled both in biography (Captain Sir Richard Burton) and film (Mountain of the Moon). HE became famous as the translator of The 1001 Arabian Nights , and was one of the most remarkable and controversial men of his century.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1480129771
• ISBN 13: 9781480129771
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214