Kama Sutra Illustrated Kama Sutra - Softcover

Vatsyayana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0600590976 ISBN 13: 9780600590972

Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Love and sex. All seek it, and some are even lucky enough find it, but few are able to perfect it. How many lovers throughout the world understand its subtle intricacies and are able to maximize their exploration of its mysteries? Are you one of them? Arguably the most famous work on sex ever written, this classic erotic text is considered to be the definitive work on love and all aspects of sex in Sanskrit literature. The Vatsyayana Kama Sutra is translated for you in its original form presented complete with exotic illustrations. The timeless text and lessons on love, marriage and the joys of sexual unions provides a valuable resource that will help you and your partner maximize your intimacy with techniques, sexual positions, and words of advice. The Kama Sutra covers human nature and ancient eastern society. Surprisingly frank and without guilt or shame, the relevance of this sensuous work has not diminished and people will continue to consult it for a thousand years to come. Let the wisdom of Vatsyayana guide you through the ages-old act of Love. Unlock the hidden pleasures that Sex has to offer!

About this title

From the Inside Flap

SEXUALITY

Completely illustrated for the first time, the Hindu love classic the Kama Sutra continues the most famous work on sex ever created. Written almost 2,000 years ago, the Kama Sutra deals with all aspects of sexual life, including the principles and techniques of sexual pleasure and how to best achieve ecstatic union.

In this complete and illustrated guide Lance Dane accompanies the Kama Sutra text with 250 illustrations and great works of art from coins, palm leaf manuscripts, sculptures, ancient toys, jewelry, architecture, ivory combs, birch bark, cloth, paintings, frescoes, and scrolls. Gathered from museums and private collections around the world--as well the author's own collection of over 300,000 photographs--these rare images clearly illustrate all 64 sexual positions and the erotic instructions set forth in the Kama Sutra. The result is a dazzling and sensuous reading experience through which the teachings of the Kama Sutra spring to life.

LANCE DANE is a writer, photographer, renowned scholar, and the founder of the Sanskriti Museum of Everyday Art in Delhi. He has dedicated over five decades to researching and archiving all aspects of the Kama Sutra and other pre-Vedic and Vedic classical erotica. His private collections of over 9,000 books on Indian art and architecture and his 300,000 archival photographs are housed in the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi. He lives in India.

About the Author

Vatsyayana is the name of a Hindu philosopher in the Vedic tradition who is believed to have lived during time of the Gupta Empire (4th to 6th centuries AD) in India. Hardly anything is known about him. At the close of the Kama Sutra this is what he writes about himself, "After reading and considering the works of Babhravya and other ancient authors, and thinking over the meaning of the rules given by them, this treatise was composed, according to the precepts of the Holy Writ, for the benefit of the world, by Vatsyayana, while leading the life of a religious student at Benares, and wholly engaged in the contemplation of the Deity. This work is not to be used merely as an instrument for satisfying our desires. A person acquainted with the true principles of this science, who preserves his Dharma (virtue or religious merit), his Artha (worldly wealth) and his Kama (pleasure or sensual gratification), and who has regard to the customs of the people, is sure to obtain the mastery over his senses. In short, an intelligent and knowing person attending to Dharma and Artha and also to Kama, without becoming the slave of his passions, will obtain success in everything that he may do."

Edition details

• Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0600590976
• ISBN 13: 9780600590972
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160