The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana
Sir Richard Burton, translator (1883)
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Part I: Introductory
Chapter I.
Preface
Chapter II.
Observations on the Three Worldly Attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love
Chapter III.
On the Study of the Sixty-Four Arts
Chapter IV.
On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and About the Daily Life of a Citizen, His Companions, Amusements, Etc.
Chapter V.
About Classes of Women Fit and Unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers
Part II: On Sexual Union
Chapter I.
Kinds of Union According to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on the Different Kinds of Love
Chapter II.
Of the Embrace
Chapter III.
On Kissing
Chapter IV.
On Pressing or Marking with the Nails
Chapter V.
On Biting, and the Ways of Love to be Employed with Regard to Women of Different Countries
Chapter VI.
On the Various Ways of Lying Down, and the Different Kinds of Congress
Chapter VII.
On the Various Ways of Striking, and of The Sounds Appropriate to Them
Chapter VIII.
About Females Acting the Part of Males
Chapter IX.
On Holding the Lingam in the Mouth
Chapter X.
How to Begin and How to End the Congress. Different Kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels
Part III: About the Acquisition of a Wife
Chapter I.
Observations on Betrothal and Marriage
Chaper II. About Creating Confidence In the Girl
Chapter III.
Courtship, and the Manifestation of the Feelings by Outward Signs and Deeds
Chapter IV.
On Things to be Done Only by the Man, and the Acquisition of the Girl Thereby. Also What is to be Done by a Girl to Gain Over a Man and Subject Him to Her
Chapter V.
On the Different Forms of Marriage
Part IV: About a Wife
Chapter I.
On the Manner of Living of a Virtuous Woman, and of Her Behaviour During the Absence of Her Husband
Chapter II.
On the Conduct of the Eldest Wife Towards the Other Wives of her Husband, and of the Younger Wife Towards the Elder Ones...