The Kama Sutra

The ancient Indian guide to love, courtship, marriage and pleasure, written down about seventeen hundred years ago. Vatsyayana's seven parts cover how to live a good life of the senses, how to win a partner, and the arts of the lovers themselves. In the famous 1883 English translation. By Vatsyayana (about the 3rd century), translated by Sir Richard Burton, Bhagavanlal Indrajit and Shivaram Parashuram Bhide (1883). A public-domain classic.

Content warnings: Sexual content

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How it begins 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 bear 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 Vatsya had passed away, but who still considered him as a great authority, and always quoted him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature. Keep reading →

Chapters

1. 1Preface8 min · 9 Nov
2. 2Introduction7 min · 9 Nov
3. 3Part I33 min · 9 Nov
4. 4Part II55 min · 9 Nov
5. 5Part III30 min · 9 Nov
6. 6Part IV17 min · 9 Nov
7. 7Part V41 min · 9 Nov
8. 8Part VI43 min · 9 Nov
9. 9Part VII17 min · 9 Nov
10. 10Concluding remarks9 min · 9 Nov

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