Part I. Introductory. Chapter V. About Classes : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER V ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS WHEN Kama is practised by men of the four castes according to the rules of the Holy Writ (i.e. by lawful marriage) with virgins of their...
Part Vi. About Courtesans. Chapter Iv : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER IV ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER WHEN a courtesan abandons her present lover after all his wealth is exhausted, she may then consider about her reunion with a former lover. But she should return to him only if he h...
Preface : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], 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...
Part Iii. About The Acquisition Of A Wife : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER V ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE 1 WHEN a girl cannot meet her lover frequently in private, she should send the daughter of her nurse to him, it being understood that she has confidence in her, and had previously gained her...
Part Iv. About A Wife. Chapter I : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], PART IV CHAPTER I ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND A VIRTUOUS woman, who has affection for her husband, should act in conformity with his wishes as if he were...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter V. On Biting : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER V ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ALL the places that can be kissed are also the places that can be bitten, except the upper lip, the interior of the mouth, and the eyes...
Part V. About The Wives Of Other People. Part 03 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN'S MIND WHEN a man is trying to gain over a woman he should examine the state of her mind, and act as follows: If she listens to him, but does not manifest to him in any way her own...
Part Iii. About The Acquisition Of A Wife. Part 05 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], PART III CHAPTER I ON MARRIAGE WHEN a girl of the same caste, and a virgin, is married in accordance with the precepts of Holy Writ, the results of such a union are the acquisition of Dharma and Artha, offspring, affinity, increase...
Part Vii. On The Means Of Attracting Others. Part 03 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], PART VII CHAPTER I ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES WHEN a person fails to obtain the object of his desires by any of the ways previously related, he should then have recourse...
Part Vii. On The Means Of Attracting Others. Part 02 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER II OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES IF a man is unable to satisfy a Hastini, or Elephant woman, he should have recourse to various means to excite her passion. At the commencement he...
Part V. About The Wives Of Other People. Part 02 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER IV ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN IF a woman has manifested her love or desire, either by signs or by motions of the body, and is afterwards rarely or never seen anywhere, or if a woman is met for the first time, the m...
Part Iii. About The Acquisition Of A Wife. Part 04 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER II OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL FOR the first three days after marriage, the girl and her husband should sleep on the floor, abstain from sexual pleasures, and eat their food without seasoning it either with alkali...
Part V. About The Wives Of Other People. Part 06 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER VI ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE'S OWN WIFE THE women of the royal harem cannot see or meet any men on account of their being strictly guarded, neither do they have their desires satisfied...
Part Vi. About Courtesans. Chapter Iii : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], 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 MONEY is got out of a lover in two ways: By natural or lawful means, and by artifices. Old authors are...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter I. Kinds : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], PART II CHAPTER I KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO DIMENSIONS, FORCE OF DESIRE OR PASSION, TIME Kind Of Union MAN is divided into three classes, viz. the hare man, the bull man, and the horse man, according to the size of his...
Part I. Introductory. Chapter I. Preface : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], PART I CHAPTER I PREFACE Salutation to Dharma, Artha and Kama IN the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter X. How : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER X OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS IN the pleasure-room, decorated with flowers, and fragrant with perfumes, attended by his friends and servants, the citizen...
Part V. About The Wives Of Other People. Part 04 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER II ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER ANCIENT authors are of opinion that girls are not so easily seduced by employing female messengers as by the efforts of the man himself, but...
Part Iii. About The Acquisition Of A Wife. Part 02 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], 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 Now when the girl begins to show her love by outward signs...
Part Vii. On The Means Of Attracting Others : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CONCLUDING REMARKS THUS ends, in seven parts, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, which might otherwise be called a treatise on men and women, their mutual relationship, and connection with each other. It is a work that should be studied...
Part I. Introductory. Chapter Iii : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER III ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED MAN should study the Kama Sutra and the arts and sciences subordinate thereto, in addition to the study of the arts and sciences contained in Dharma and Artha. Even young maids...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter Iv : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER IV ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS WHEN love becomes intense, pressing with the nails or scratching the body with them is practised, and it is done on the following occasions: on the first visit;...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter Viii : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER VIII ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN; AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN WHEN a woman sees that her lover is fatigued by constant congress, without having his desire satisfied, she should, with his permission, lay him down up...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter Vii : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER VII OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM SEXUAL intercourse can be compared to a quarrel, on account of the contrarieties of love and its tendency to dispute. The place of striking with...
Part Vi. About Courtesans. Chapter I : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], 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 By having intercourse with men courtesans obtain sexual...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter Ix : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER IX OF THE AUPARISHTAKA OR MOUTH CONGRESS THERE are two kinds of eunuchs, those that are disguised as males, and those that are disguised as females. Eunuchs disguised as females imitate their dress, speech, gestures...
Part Vi. About Courtesans. Chapter Vi : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER VI OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS IT sometimes happens that while gains are being sought for, or expected to be realized, losses only are the result...
Part Vi. About Courtesans. Chapter V : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER V OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN WHEN a courtesan is able to realize much money every day, by reason of many customers, she should not confine herself to a single lover; under such circumstances, she should fix her rate for one...
Part I. Introductory. Chapter Iv : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER IV THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN HAVING thus acquired learning, a man, with the wealth that he may have gained by gift, conquest, purchase, deposit, 1 or inheritance from his ancestors, should become a householder, and pass the life...
Part Iv. About A Wife. Chapter Ii : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], 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;...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter Ii : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER II OF THE EMBRACE THIS part of the Kama Shastra, which treats of sexual union, is also called 'Sixty-four' (Chatushshashti). Some old authors say that it is called so, because it contains sixty-four chapters. Others are...
Part I. Introductory. Chapter Ii. Observations : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER II ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA MAN, the period of whose life is one hundred years, should practise Dharma, Artha and Kama at different times and in such a manner that they may harmonize together and not clash...
Part V. About The Wives Of Other People : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER V ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN KINGS and their ministers have no access to the abodes of others, and moreover their mode of living is constantly watched and observed and imitated by...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter Vi : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER VI OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS On the occasion of a 'high congress' the Mrigi (Deer) woman should lie down in such a way as to widen her yoni, while in a 'low congress' the Hastini...
Part V. About The Wives Of Other People. Part 05 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], PART V 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 THE wives of other people may be resorted...
Part Iii. About The Acquisition Of A Wife. Part 03 : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER III ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS A POOR man possessed of good qualities, a man born of a low family possessed of mediocre qualities, a neighbour possessed of wealth, and one...
Title Page : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA SIR RICHARD BURTON, TRANSLATOR [1883] Produced , July 2003. This Text Is In The Public Domain Because It Was Published Prior To 1923.
Introduction : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], INTRODUCTION IT may be interesting to some persons to learn how it came about that Vatsyayana was first brought to light and translated into the English language. It happened thus. While translating with the pundits the 'Anunga Rung...
Part Vi. About Courtesans. Chapter Ii : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER II OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE WHEN a courtesan is living as a wife with her lover, she should behave like a chaste woman, and do everything to his satisfaction. Her duty in this respect, in short, is, that she should give him...
Part Vi. About Courtesans. Introductory Remarks : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], PART VI INTRODUCTORY REMARKS THIS Part VI, about courtesans, was prepared by Vatsyayana from a treatise on the subject that was written by Dattaka, for the women of Pataliputra (the modern Patna), some two thousand years ago...
Part Ii. On Sexual Union. Chapter Iii. On Kissing : * "The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana", tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], CHAPTER III ON KISSING IT is said by some that there is no fixed time or order between the embrace, the kiss, and the pressing or scratching with the nails or fingers, but that all these things should be done generally before sexual...