The scope broadens ambitiously, to an inquiry on the nature of knowledge formation, erotics, theater, and gender relations in premodern Indian society and culture--as they converged on the historical figures of the courtesan and her male counterpart, the dandy. Gautam's twining of aims and subjects--Foucault's western philosophy of pleasure and India's classic text on eros anchored in art and aesthetics --transforms both the modern and the ancient texts with new understandings, and as new forms of investigating erotics and subjectivity itself.
Its crisp style set a new standard for Sanskrit translation. The Kama Sutra stands uniquely as a work of psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, and sexology.
It has been a celebrated classic of Indian literature for 1, years and a window for the West into the culture and mysticism of the East. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. About The Kamasutra by Vatsyayana The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vatsyayana.
A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many inserted anustubh poetry verses. Kama which is one of the four goals of Hindu life, means desire including sexual desire the latter being the subject of the textbook, and sutra literally means a thread or line that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism or line, rule, formula , or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual.
Contrary to popular perception, especially in the western world, Kama sutra is not exclusively a sex manual; it presents itself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discusses the nature of love, family life and other aspects pertaining to pleasure oriented faculties of human life.
Kamasutra is the oldest surviving Hindu text on erotic love. It is a sutra-genre text with terse aphoristic verses that have survived into the modern era with different bhasya exposition and commentaries. The text is a mix of prose and anustubh-meter poetry verses. The text acknowledges the Hindu concept of Purusharthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the proper goals of life.
Its chapters discuss methods for courtship, training in the arts to be socially engaging, finding a partner, flirting, maintaining power in a married life, when and how to commit adultery, sexual positions, and other topics.
The majority of the book is about the philosophy and theory of love, what triggers desire, what sustains it, and how and when it is good or bad.
The text is one of many Indian texts on Kama Shastra. It is a much-translated work in Indian and non-Indian languages. The Kamasutra has influenced many secondary texts that followed after the 4th-century CE, as well as the Indian arts as exemplified by the pervasive presence Kama-related reliefs and sculpture in old Hindu temples.
Among the surviving temples in north India, one in Rajasthan sculpts all the major chapters and sexual positions to illustrate the Kamasutra. According to Wendy Doniger, the Kamasutra became "one of the most pirated books in English language" soon after it was published in by Richard Burton. This first European edition by Burton does not faithfully reflect much.
Score: 3. About the art of living as well as about the positions in sexual intercourse, it is here newly translated into clear, vivid, sexually frank English together with three commentaries: excerpts from the earliest and most famous Sanskrit commentary 13th century , a twentieth-century Hindi commentary, and explanatory notes by the translators.
The edition is enhanced by a selection of colour plates from an early edition of the work. In this complete and illustrated guide Lance Dane accompanies the Kama Sutra text with illustrations and great works of art that encompass coins, palm leaf manuscripts, sculptures, ancient toys, jewelry, architecture, ivory combs, birch bark, cloth, paintings, frescoes, and scrolls.
The 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, 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.
Designed to educate you as a lover and advance your lovemaking techniques beyond the basic and moring, this book is designed to make fantasies come true. Here are ways to bring passion to your bedroom or any room with a chair or table. Positions are ranked for passion, drama, romance, exertion, convenience, and more. Tastefully illustrated in full color, and playfully written, this new handbook will bring your love life new excitement and challenges. You can offer your new lover or your long-term partner the most passionate, creative, and enthusiastic lovemaking he or she has ever had.
When was the last time you tried something extraordinary in bed? Do you know what your spouse desires in bed, and can they tell what turns them on? Read on to know more The hope is that this book will give you the tools you need to keep your sex life fresh and continually changing, introducing you to the world of the Kama Sutra. You may have tried some of the Kama Sutra positions in the past and need help to learn more.
Maybe you are new to sex and want to study different positions for beginners. Perhaps you've tried all the classics and are looking to get into something completely new and adventurous. And much more! Use every experience as a learning opportunity and allow it to guide you as you move forward. If you find that you're losing confidence using certain words and sentences, by all means, stop right there and never use them again - you've found your comfort limits.
There's no need to break through them if you don't want to. Practice those dirty words in front of the mirror or build up to them slowly over time by aiming for some softer fantasy role-play first.
Over time, you will begin to build a sexual repertoire that you never dreamed you'd be capable of. Your dirty talk has unlocked the door to all sorts of experiences you didn't know how to ask for, and you'll enjoy some a lot more than others.
What a pleasure it would be to have sex in the same places over and over again and never make the most of your orgasm! If you haven't already, try some of the things you learned from reading this book, and I assure you that your sex life will be much better. Click to buy now! The first compete edition of the Kamasutra. It contains a crisp introduction; the original Sanskrit; a new, accurate and readable English translation; fifty full-page illustrations using period clothing, jewelry, and settings; and a thorough index.
Composed almost two thousand years ago, it is surprisingly modern in its depiction of human nature and sexual practices. A classic title on love and love-making, presented with beautiful illustrations and page decoratuion throughout.
The oldest existing Hindu book of erotic love, the Kamasutra still has much to offer modern lovers looking for new paths to pleasure and enlightenment. Gautam has here laid out the first serious reading of Michel Foucault in relation to key Sanskrit texts, and--what may be a surprise to many--he has written the first book-length work in English on the nature and origin of the Kamasutra.
Gautam also takes up the Natyasastra the Kamasutra's twin , locating in the first the themes of sexual-erotic pleasure, and locating in the second the classical Indian view of theater, music, dance, and aesthetic pleasure. The book shows how closely intertwined the history of erotics in ancient Indian culture is with the history of theater-aesthetics.
Foucault provides a framework for opening up the intellectual horizon of Indian thought; it is his distinction between ars erotics erotic arts and scientia sexualis science of sexuality that fuels Gautam's exploration of the courtesan as symbol of both erotic and aesthetic pleasure, particularly in her role as a wife to her patron, which entails the morphing of erotics into a form of theater.
The scope broadens ambitiously, to an inquiry on the nature of knowledge formation, erotics, theater, and gender relations in premodern Indian society and culture--as they converged on the historical figures of the courtesan and her male counterpart, the dandy. Gautam's twining of aims and subjects--Foucault's western philosophy of pleasure and India's classic text on eros anchored in art and aesthetics --transforms both the modern and the ancient texts with new understandings, and as new forms of investigating erotics and subjectivity itself.
Sir Richard F. Its crisp style set a new standard for Sanskrit translation. The Kama Sutra stands uniquely as a work of psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, and sexology. It has been a celebrated classic of Indian literature for 1, years and a window for the West into the culture and mysticism of the East.
Kamasutra is the oldest surviving Hindu text on erotic love. It is a sutra-genre text with terse aphoristic verses that have survived into the modern era with different bhasya exposition and commentaries.
The text is a mix of prose and anustubh-meter poetry verses. The text acknowledges the Hindu concept of Purusharthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the proper goals of life. Its chapters discuss methods for courtship, training in the arts to be socially engaging, finding a partner, flirting, maintaining power in a married life, when and how to commit adultery, sexual positions, and other topics.
The majority of the book is about the philosophy and theory of love, what triggers desire, what sustains it, and how and when it is good or bad. The text is one of many Indian texts on Kama Shastra.
It is a much-translated work in Indian and non-Indian languages. The Kamasutra has influenced many secondary texts that followed after the 4th-century CE, as well as the Indian arts as exemplified by the pervasive presence Kama-related reliefs and sculpture in old Hindu temples. Among the surviving temples in north India, one in Rajasthan sculpts all the major chapters and sexual positions to illustrate the Kamasutra. According to Wendy Doniger, the Kamasutra became "one of the most pirated books in English language" soon after it was published in by Richard Burton.
This first European edition by Burton does not faithfully reflect much in the Kamasutra because he revised the collaborative translation by Bhagavanlal Indrajit and Shivaram Parashuram Bhide with Forster Arbuthnot to suit 19th-century Victorian tastes. This book combines the Hindu sage Vatsyayana's celebrated treatise with illustrations from various schools of painting on the theme of sexual pleasure. The intention of these works was to provide instruction as well as enjoyment.
Its view of sexuality is both jaunty and pragmatic, its analysis of sexual politics often chillingly realistic. Why buy our paperbacks?
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