The Kama sutra of Vatsyayana
By: translated from the Sanskrit by the Hindoo Kama Shastra Society
Contributors: Kama Shastra Society of London and Ben
Publisher: Printed for the Society of the Friends of India
Published: 1883-1925
Place of publication: Benares; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Work titles: K©Æamas©Æutra.
Table of contents: title: The List of Illustrations with Notes
pagenum: ix; title: Preface
pagenum: xvi; title: Introduction
pagenum: xx; title: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
pagenum: 1; label: Part I
title: Index, and General Consideration of the Subject
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter I
title: Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and Kama
pagenum: 6; label: Chapter II
title: Observations on the three worldly attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love
pagenum: 8; label: Chapter III
title: On the study of the Sixty-four Arts
pagenum: 12; label: Chapter IV
title: On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and about the Daily Life of a Citizen, his Companions, Amusements, etc.
pagenum: 17; label: Chapter V
title: About classes of Women fit and unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of Friends, and Messengers
pagenum: 23; label: Part II
title: Of Sexual Union
pagenum: 29; label: Chapter I
title: Kinds of Union according to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on the different kinds of Love.
pagenum: 31; label: Chapter II
title: Of the Embrace.
pagenum: 37; label: Chapter III
title: On Kissing.
pagenum: 40; label: Chapter IV
title: On Pressing or Marking with the Nails.
pagenum: 43; label: Chapter V
title: On Biting, and the ways of Love to be employed with regard to Women of different countries.
pagenum: 46; label: Chapter VI
title: On the various ways of Lying down, and the different kinds of Congress.
pagenum: 50; label: Chapter VII
title: On the various ways of Striking, and of the Sounds appropriate to them.
pagenum: 54; label: Chapter VIII
title: About Females acting the part of Males.
pagenum: 57; label: Chapter IX
title: On holding the Lingam in the Mouth.
pagenum: 60; label: Chapter X
title: How to begin and how to end the Congress. Different kinds of Congress, and Love Quarrels.
pagenum: 64; label: Part III
title: About the Acquisition of a Wife
pagenum: 69; label: Chapter I
title: Observations on Betrothal and Marriage.
pagenum: 71; label: Chapter II
title: About Creating Confidence in the Girl.
pagenum: 74; label: Chapter III
title: Courtship, and the manifestation of the feelings by outward signs and deeds.
pagenum: 78; label: Chapter IV
title: On 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.
pagenum: 82; label: Chapter V
title: On the different Forms of Marriage.
pagenum: 86; label: Part IV
title: About a Wife
pagenum: 89; label: Chapter I
title: On the manner of living of a virtuous Woman, and of her behaviour during the absence of her Husband.
pagenum: 91; label: Chapter II
title: On the conduct of the eldest Wife towards the other Wives of her Husband and of the 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 of a Husband who has more than one Wife.
pagenum: 95; label: Part V
title: About the Wives of Other People
pagenum: 101; label: Chapter I
title: On the Characteristics of Men and Women, and the reason why Women reject the Addresses of Men. About Men who have Success with Women, and about Women who are easily gained over.
pagenum: 103; label: Chapter II
title: About making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the efforts to gain her over.
pagenum: 108; label: Chapter III
title: Examinations of the State of a Woman's mind.
pagenum: 111; label: Chapter IV
title: The Business of a Go-between.
pagenum: 114; label: Chapter V
title: On the Love of Persons in authority with the Wives of other People.
pagenum: 120; label: Chapter VI
title: About the Women of the Royal Harem, and of the keeping of one's own Wife.
pagenum: 124; label: Part VI
title: About Courtezans
pagenum: 129; label: Chapter I
title: Of the Causes of a Courtezan resorting to Men; of the means of Attaching to herself the Man desired, and the kind of Man that it is desirable to be acquainted with.
pagenum: 132; label: Chapter II
title: Of a Courtezan living with a Man as his Wife.
pagenum: 137; label: Chapter III
title: Of the Means of getting Money; of the Signs of a Lover who is beginning to be Weary, and of the way to get rid of him.
pagenum: 141; label: Chapter IV
title: About a Re-union with a former Lover.
pagenum: 146; label: Chapter V
title: Of different kinds of Gain.
pagenum: 150; label: Chapter VI
title: Of Gains and Losses, attendant Gains and Losses, and Doubts; and lastly, the different kinds of Courtezans.
pagenum: 154; label: Part VII
title: On the Means of Attracting Others to Oneself
pagenum: 163; label: Chapter I
title: On Personal Adornment, subjugating the hearts of others, and of tonic medicines.; label: Chapter II
title: Of the means of exciting Desire, and of the ways of enlarging the Lingam. Miscellaneous Experiments and Receipts
pagenum: 168; title: Concluding Remarks
pagenum: 173