THE STORY AND HISTORY KAMA SUTRA

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Download Kamasutra ebook. The words 'Kama Sutra' conjure scenes of exotic decadence into the minds of people in modern day times, seeming alluring and even almost illicit.

Translated into thousands of different texts, the Indian manual of sexual experience addresses not only the practicalities of sexuality, but also the courtesies, manner of living and how to successfully relate with a sexual partner in a deeply meaningful manner.

The text also records curious niceties that were practiced in ancient India that are a little ntiquated to be relevant to modern relationships, but are points of interesting conversation none the less.

The Kama Sutra is the most famous of a collection of Indian erotic texts, and is probably not riginal; the author Vatsyayana Mallanaga probably collected and reworked a range of existing Sanskrit manuals to write his work.

Written between 100-500 AD, the society which created these works was one of sensual awareness and respect for the sacredness of sexual relations, while recognising some practices as holy and others as forbidden.

Encompassing sixty-four arts, the manual was designed to be utilised by the upper castes of Indian societies. Young women were taught the Kama Sutra as a part of their education before marriage, and men were expected to live by the same lifestyle laws. Other texts written in a similar context include Ratirahasya a.k.a. Kokashastra by Kokkoka (translated into English by S. C. Upadhyaya-1965); Ratiratnapradipika by Devaraja (translated into English by Rangaswami Iyengar-1923) and Ratisastra by Nagarjuna (translated into English by A. C. Ghose-1904).

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