Vatsyayana – The Kama Sutra

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Summary

• Vatsyayana – The Kama SutraThe Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana.

• A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse.

• The Kama Sutra is largely in prose, with many inserted anustubh poetry verses.

• “Kama” means sensual or sexual pleasure, 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.

• The modern English word “suture” is derived from the same root.The Kama Sutra is the oldest and most notable of a group of texts known generically as Kama Shastra (Sanskrit: Kama Sastra).