The Complete Kama Sutra - The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text (Hardcover, Unabridged)

The Sanskrit text of this famous manual on love and sexual technique was written by Vatsyayana 17 centuries ago. 'Kama' is the 'enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses, assisted by the mind with the aid of the soul,' and the Kama Sutra, consisting of aphorisms on love, became a classic textbook on eroticism and human pleasure. It describes when, with whom and how we should make love, has a great variety of instructions and suggestions - and an excellent turn of wit. (Kirkus UK)

This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English, drawing on his intimate experience of India, to preserve the full explicitness of the original. I wanted to demystify India, he writes, to show that a period of great civilization, of high culture, is forcibly a period of great liberty.

General

Imprint:	Park Street Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Translators:	Alain Danielou
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	564
Edition:	Unabridged
ISBN-13:	978-0-89281-492-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General
LSN:	0-89281-492-6
Barcode:	9780892814923

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