title: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
author: Vatsyayana
description: <b>Sir Richard F. Burton</b> (1821 90) was a British explorer and writer. His translation of <i>The Arabian Nights</i> remains a classic.<br><br><b>Margot Anand</b>, an internationally acclaimed teacher of Tantra, is the author of many bestselling books, among them <i>Sexual Ecstasy: The Art of Orgasm</i> and <i>The Art of Everyday Ecstasy</i>. She lives in California.
zlib_text: I. From the Temple of the Kailas
  At Ellora, Hyderabad
  8th Century
  
  THE
  KAMA SUTRA
  OF
  VATSYAYANA
  Translated from the Sanscrit
  by
  The Hindoo Kama
  Shastra
  Society
  COMPLETE IN SEVEN PARTS
  with
  Preface,
  Introduction,
  and Concluding Remarks
  Illustrated
  Benares—^New York
  Printed for the Society of the Friends of India
  1883-1925
  For Private Circulation Only
  
  \ O \;
  MAR
  /c- /
  
  CONTENTS
  The List of Illustrations with Notes
  ix
  Preface
  xvi
  Introduction
  xx
  The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
  1-175
  Part
  I.
  Index, and General Consid-
  eration OF THE Subject
  ....
  i
  Part
  II.
  Of Sexual Union
  29
  Part
  III.
  About the Acquisition of a
  Wife
  69
  Part
  IV.
  About a Wife
  89
  Part
  V.
  About the Wives
  of Other
  People
  loi
  Part
  VI.
  About Courtezans
  131
  Part
  VII.
  On the Means of Attracting
  Others to Oneself
  163
  Concluding Remarks
  175
  
  THE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS WITH NOTES
  L
  When "Each
  is Both"—
  Frontispiece
  The
  monolithic Temple
  of
  the
  Kailas has
  been
  char-
  acterized
  as
  the
  most
  wonderful
  and
  interesting monu-
  ment
  of
  architectur