Document Outline
- Cover Page
- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
- THE BOOK
- COPYRIGHT
- TITLE
- THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I - THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE.
- CHAPTER I - SALUTATION TO DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
- CHAPTER II - ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
- CHAPTER III - ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED.
- CHAPTER IV - THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN.
- CHAPTER V - ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS.
- PART II - OF SEXUAL UNION.
- CHAPTER I - KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO
- CHAPTER II - OF THE EMBRACE.
- CHAPTER III - ON KISSING.
- CHAPTER IV - ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS.
- CHAPTER V - ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
- CHAPTER VI - OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS.
- CHAPTER VII - OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM.
- CHAPTER VIII - ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN; AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN.
- CHAPTER IX - OF THE AUPARISHTAKA39 OR MOUTH CONGRESS.
- CHAPTER X - OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS.
- PART III - ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.
- CHAPTER I - ON MARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER II - OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL.
- CHAPTER III - ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS.
- CHAPTER IV - ABOUT THINGS TO BE DONE ONLY BY THE MAN, AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE GIRL THEREBY. ALSO WHAT IS TO BE DONE BY A GIRL TO GAIN OVER A MAN, AND SUBJECT HIM TO HER.
- CHAPTER V - ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE50
- PART IV - ABOUT A WIFE
- CHAPTER I - ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND.
- CHAPTER II - ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ELDER WIFE TOWARDS THE OTHER WIVES OF HER HUSBAND, AND ON THAT OF A YOUNGER WIFE TOWARDS THE ELDER ONES. ALSO ON THE CONDUCT OF A VIRGIN WIDOW RE-MARRIED; OF A WIFE DISLIKED BY HER HUSBAND; OF THE WOMEN IN THE KING'S HAREM; AND LASTLY ON THE CONDUCT OF A HUSBAND TOWARDS MANY WIVES.
- PART V - ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
- CHAPTER I - OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN.—THE REASONS WHY WOMEN REJECT THE ADDRESSES OF MEN.—ABOUT MEN WHO HAVE SUCCESS WITH WOMEN, AND ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE EASILY GAINED OVER.
- CHAPTER II - ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER.
- CHAPTER III - EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN'S MIND.
- CHAPTER IV - ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN.
- CHAPTER V - ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
- CHAPTER VI - ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE'S OWN WIFE.
- PART VI - ABOUT COURTESANS. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAPTER I - OF THE CAUSES OF A COURTESAN RESORTING TO MEN; OF THE MEANS OF ATTACHING TO HERSELF THE MAN DESIRED; AND OF THE KIND OF MAN THAT IT IS DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH.
- CHAPTER II - OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE.
- CHAPTER III - OF THE MEANS OF GETTING MONEY. OF THE SIGNS OF THE CHANGE OF A LOVER'S FEELINGS, AND OF THE WAY TO GET RID OF HIM.
- CHAPTER IV - ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER.
- CHAPTER V - OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN.
- CHAPTER VI - OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS.
- PART VII - ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.
- CHAPTER I - ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES.
- CHAPTER II - OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES.
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- NOTES
- CONTENTS