Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Vatsyayana, Called Mallanaga

ISBN 10: 014019360X / ISBN 13: 9780140193602

Published by E P Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1995

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Cover crease. Pages clean. Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Foreword by Santha Rama Rau. Introduction by John W. Spellman.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
• Publisher: E P Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014019360X
• ISBN 13: 9780140193602
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

The 1964 publication of Sir Richard Burton's translation marked the first wide appearance in English of the Kama Sutra and was celebrated as a literary event of highest importance. As vital to an understanding of ancient Indian civilization as the works of Plato and Aristotle are to the West, the Kama Sutra has endured for 1,700 years as an indisputable classic of world literature.

Written with frankness and unassuming candor, the Kama Sutra remains one of the most readable and enjoyable of all the classics of antiquity. A work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry, and sexology, the Kama Sutra's importance is so great that it has at the same time both affected Indian civilization and remained an indispensable key to understanding it.