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Author Vātsyāyana.

Title The complete Kāma Sūtra : the first unabridged modern translation of the classic Indian text by Vātsyāyana : including the Jayamangalā commentary from the Sanskrit by Yashodhara and extracts from the Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shāstrā / translated by Alain Daniélou ; prepared with the help of Kenneth Hurry.

Publication Info. Rochester, Vt. : Park Street Press, [1994]
©1994

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  306.7 VATSYAYANA    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  306.7 VATSYAYANA c.2  Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.7 V45    Assumed Lost
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.7 V45 c.2  Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  306.7 VATSYAYANA    Check Shelf
Description vii, 564 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 536) and index.
Contents General remarks -- Amorous advances -- Acquiring a wife -- Duties and privileges of the wife -- Other men's wives -- About courtesans -- Occult practices.
Summary Long dismissed as a sort of Sanskrit Joy of Sex, the Kama Sutra, composed by Vatsyayana in the fourth century B.C., explores sexuality as an integral part of human existence. Arguing that happiness and moral duty (dharma) depend on elaborate social ritual to satisfy the essential needs of life, the Kama Sutra describes the practices, rituals, and lore of the erotic (kama) in human relations, both heterosexual and homosexual. Noted Indiologist Danielou provides a fluent and literal translation of the entire Sanskrit original with interpolated extracts from the 12th-century commentary by Yashodara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri.
Subject Love.
Sex.
Sexuality.
Sexual Behavior.
Interpersonal Relations.
Added Author Daniélou, Alain.
Added Title Kāmasūtra. English
ISBN 9780892814923
0892814926 cloth $29.95
0892815256 paperback
0965717828 paperback
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