Part V: About the Wives of Other People
Chapter I.
On the Characteristics of Men And Women...
Chapter II.
About Making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the Efforts to Gain Her Over
Chapter III.
Examination of the State of a Woman's Mind
Chapter IV.
The Business of a Go-Between
Chapter V.
On the Love of Persons in Authority with the Wives of Other People
Chapter VI.
About the Women of the Royal Harem, and of the Keeping of One's Own Wife
Part VI: About Courtesans
Introductory Remarks
Chapter I.
Of the Causes of a Courtesan Resorting to Men...
Chapter II.
Of a Courtesan Living With a Man as His Wife
Chapter III.
Of the Means of getting Money...
Chapter IV.
About a Reunion with a Former Lover
Chapter V.
Of Different Kinds of Gain
Chapter VI.
Of Gains and Losses, Attendant Gains and Losses, and Doubts; and Lastly, the Different Kinds of Courtesans
Part VII: On The Means of Attracting Others to One's Self
Chapter I.
On Personal Adornment, Subjugating the Hearts of Others, and of Tonic Medicines
Chapter II.
Of The Means of Exciting Desire, and of the Ways of Enlarging the Lingam. Miscellaneous Experiments and Receipts
Concluding Remarks
PREFACE
IN the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, and which is called the 'Vatsyayana Kama Sutra', or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana.
While the introduction will deal with the evidence concerning the date of the writing, and the commentaries written upon it, the chapters following the introduction will give a translation of the work itself. It is, however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of works of the same nature, prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsyayana had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.
Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are procurable in India:
The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love
The Panchasakya, or the five arrows
The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love
The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love
The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love
The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat in the ocean of love.
the kama sutra
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