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The Kamasutra Our Books Bhagavad Gita Gheranda Samhita Hatha Yoga Pradipika Kamasutra Shiva Samhita The Kamasutra The Original Sanskrit Vatsyayana An English Translation Lars Martin Fosse YogaVidya.com An important message to our readers: The ideas and practices in this book should not be followed or attempted. The ideas expressed in this book should not be used to diagnose, prescribe, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, illness, or individual health problem. Consult your health care practitioner for individual health care. YogaVidya.com LLC shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages resulting from the use of this book. YogaVidya.com, PO Box 569, Woodstock NY 12498-0569 USA Copyright ©2012 YogaVidya.com LLC. All rights reserved Read the Originals is a trademark of YogaVidya.com LLC. YogaVidya.com is a registered trademark of YogaVidya.com LLC. First edition Manufactured in the United States of America Made possible in part by a grant from Norway’s Nonfiction Literature Fund. The paper used in this book meets the requirements of the American National Standards Institute/National Information Standards Organization Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vātsyāyana. The Kamasutra : the original Sanskrit / Vatsyayana ; an English translation [by] Lars Martin Fosse. Woodstock, NY : YogaVidya.com, 2012. xvi, 449 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes index. Includes Sanskrit and English. ISBN 978-0-9716466-8-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-9716466-9-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-9899966-3-1 (ebook) 1. Sex instruction. 2. Sex customs. 3. Love. 4. Sex. I. Title. II. Vātsyāyana. III. Fosse, Lars Martin, 1950–, tr. HQ470.S3 V313 2012 392.6—dc23 2012943505 Loretta stirs the drink. To Ruth for her patience, love and kindness Contents Introduction P O G M ART NE: ENERAL ATTERS One: Summary of the Guide Two: The Three Aims of Life Three: Exposition of the Skills Four: Lifestyle of the Elegant Man Five: The Lover and His Companions P T S I ART WO: EXUAL NTERCOURSE One: Sexual Unions Sexual Intercourse with Regard to Size, Endurance and Temperament The Variations of Love Two: Embraces Three: Ways of Kissing Four: Forms of Scratching Five: Biting and Behaviors Ways of Biting Behavior Typical of Women from Different Provinces Six: Positions and Unusual Acts Different Sexual Positions Unusual Sexual Acts Seven: Slapping and Moaning Eight: Imitation and Techniques Imitating the Sexual Role of a Man Sexual Techniques of a Man Nine: Oral Sex Ten: Sex: Beginning, Ending, Types, Quarrels The Beginning and Conclusion of Sexual Intercourse Different Kinds of Sex The Lovers’ Quarrel P T Y W ART HREE: OUNG OMEN One: Choosing a Bride Rules of Courtship Deciding a Match Two: Winning Her Confidence Three: Approaches and Gestures Approaching a Young Woman Indications through Gestures and Facial Expressions Four: Advances Advances a Man Can Make on His Own Approaching a Man One Desires Winning a Young Woman by Advances Five: Stratagems for Weddings P F T W ART OUR: HE IFE One : The Only Wife Conduct of an Only Wife Conduct of a Wife Whose Husband is Abroad Two: The Other Wives Conduct of the Senior Wife to the Co-Wives Conduct of the Junior Wife Conduct of the Remarried Woman Conduct of an Unloved Wife Matters Pertaining to the Harem Conduct of a Man with Several Wives P F O M W ART IVE: THER EN’S IVES One: Seducing Successfully Exposing the Nature of Men and Women Causes of Resistance Men Who Have Success with Women Women Who are Easily Won Two: Intimacy and Advances Ways to Intimacy Making Advances Three: Examination of Inclinations Four: Tasks of the Female Messenger Five: The Erotic Desire of Rulers Six: Harems and Wives Life in the Harem Guarding One’s Wives P S C ART IX: OURTESANS One: Friends and Lovers The Appraisal of a Friend, Suitable and Unsuitable Lovers, and Reasons for Approaching a Lover How to Acquire One Two: Compliance with the Lover Three: Money, Indifference and Disposal Ways to Make Money Signs and Recognition of Indifference Methods for Driving the Lover Away Four: Restoring a Broken Relationship Five: Types of Profit Six: Profit, Loss, Risk and Types of Available Women Considering Profit and Loss, and their Consequences and Risks Types of Available Women P S A M ART EVEN: DVANCED ETHODS