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<body bgcolor='#FFFFFF'><p>KAMASUTRA
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KAMASUTRA
(The Art of making Love)
English translation of the Ancient Indian Classic
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KAMASUTRA
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PREFACE
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 deal 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
Vatsyayana had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and
always quoted him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.
Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are
procurable in India:
The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love
The Panchasakya, or the five arrows
The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love
The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love
The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love
The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat in
the ocean of love.
The author of the Secrets of Love was a poet named Kukkoka. He composed his work to
please one Venudutta, who was perhaps a king. When writing his own name at the end of
each chapter he calls himself Siddha patiya pandita , i.e. an ingenious man among
learned men. The work was translated into Hindi years ago, and in this the author s name
was written as Koka. And as the same name crept into all the translations into other
languages in India, the book became generally known, and the subject was popularly
called Koka Shastra, or doctrines of Koka, which is identical with the Kama Shastra, or
doctrines of love, and the words Koka Shastra and Kama Shastra are used
indiscriminately.
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