PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I. THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE. SALUTATION TO DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
PART I.
CHAPTER II. ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
CHAPTER III. ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED.
CHAPTER IV. THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN. [13]
CHAPTER V. ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS.
PART II. OF SEXUAL UNION.
CHAPTER I. KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO
CHAPTER II. OF THE EMBRACE.
CHAPTER III. ON KISSING.
CHAPTER IV. ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS.
CHAPTER V. ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
CHAPTER VI. OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS.
CHAPTER VII. OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM.
CHAPTER VIII. ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN; AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN.
CHAPTER IX. OF THE AUPARISHTAKA [39] OR MOUTH CONGRESS.
CHAPTER X. OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS.
PART III. ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.
CHAPTER I. ON MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER II. OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL.
CHAPTER III. ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS.
CHAPTER IV. ABOUT THINGS TO BE DONE ONLY BY THE MAN, AND THE
CHAPTER V. ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE [50]
PART IV. ABOUT A WIFE.
CHAPTER I. ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF
CHAPTER II. ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ELDER WIFE TOWARDS THE OTHER
PART V. ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
CHAPTER I. OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN. THE
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. ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN.
CHAPTER V. ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
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; OF
CHAPTER II. OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE.
CHAPTER III. OF THE MEANS OF GETTING MONEY. OF THE SIGNS OF THE
CHAPTER IV. ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER.
CHAPTER V. OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN.
CHAPTER VI. OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES;
PART VII. ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.
CHAPTER I. ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES.
CHAPTER II. OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
FOOTNOTES:
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THE
KAMA SUTRA
OF
VATSYAYANA.
TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSCRIT.
In Seven Parts,
WITH
PREFACE, INTRODUCTION,
AND
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
Reprint:
Cosmopoli: MDCCCLXXXIII: for the Kama Shastra Society of
London and Benares, and for private circulation only.
DEDICATED
TO THAT SMALL PORTION OF THE BRITISH PUBLIC
WHICH TAKES ENLIGHTENED INTEREST IN
STUDYING THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
OF THE OLDEN EAST.
