What is this kama sutra stuff all about?

Answer 1

Most people think kama sutra is just about sex. It's not (although you will find several picture books on the kama sutra's sexual positions) The text is originally known as Vatsyayana Kamasutram ("Vatsyayana's Aphorisms on Love"). Here is a list of the table of contents in the kama sutra book to give you an idea of what is about:

Part One - Introduction on love in general and its place in the lives of men and women.

* Chapter One: Contents of the Book
* Chapter Two: The Three Aims of Life
* Chapter Three: The Acquisition of Knowledge
* Chapter Four: The Conduct of the Well-bred Townsman
* Chapter Five: Reflections on Intermediaries Who Assist the Lover in His Enterprises

Part Two - Amorous Advances -an in-depth discussion of kissing, various types of foreplay, orgasm, a list of sex positions, oral sex (in both heterosexual and homosexual context), anal sex, paraphilia, and ménage à trois.

* Chapter One: Stimulation of Erotic Desire
* Chapter Two: Embraces
* Chapter Three: Petting and Caresses
* Chapter Four: The Art of Scratching
* Chapter Five: Biting
* Chapter Six: On Copulation and Special Tastes
* Chapter Seven: Blows and Sighs
* Chapter Eight: Virile Behavior in Women
* Chapter Nine: Superior Coition or Fellation
* Chapter Ten: Preludes and Conclusions to the Game of Love

Part Three - Acquiring a Wife - courtship and marriage.

* Chapter One: Forms of Marriage
* Chapter Two: How to Relax the Girl
* Chapter Three: Ways of Obtaining the Girl
* Chapter Four: How to Manage Alone
* Chapter Five: Union by Marriage

Part Four - Duties and Privileges of the Wife - proper conduct of a wife.

* Chapter One: Conduct of the Only Wife
* Chapter Two: Conduct of the Chief Wife and Other Wives

Part Five - Other Men's Wives - mainly seduction.

* Chapter One: Behavior of Woman and Man
* Chapter Two: Encounters to Get Acquainted
* Chapter Three: Examination of Sentiments
* Chapter Four: The Task of Go-between
* Chapter Five: The King's Pleasures
* Chapter Six: Behavior in the Gynoecium

Part Six - About Courtesans

* Chapter One: Advice of the Assistants on the Choice of Lovers
* Chapter Two: Looking for a Steady Lover
* Chapter Three: Ways of Making Money
* Chapter Four: Renewing Friendship with a Former Lover
* Chapter Five: Occasional Profits
* Chapter Six: Profits and Losses; Reflections on Doubts Concerning the Advantages and Disadvantages of Relations

Part Seven - Occult Practices.

* Chapter One: Success in Love - Improving physical attractions by herbs, aphrodisiacs, spells.
* Chapter Two: Arousing a Weakened Sexual Power - Dildos, piercing, methods of enlarging penis size, shrinking and enlarging vulva size, darkening hair, bewitchment.

The Kama Sutra contains a total of 64 sexual positions and depicts positions as arts. Vatsyayana believed there were eight ways of making love, multiplied by eight positions within each of these. In the book, they are known as the 64 Arts. The chapter listing sexual positions is the best-known, and a translation (different from Burton's) is in wide circulation on the Internet. This chapter was pirated from the 1980 translation of Indra Sinha and first appeared on the internet server wiretap.spies in the late eighties. It is commonly mistaken to be the entirety of the Sutra.

However, only about 20 percent of the book is devoted to sexual positions. The remainder gives guidance on how to be a good citizen and insights into men and women in relationships. The Kama Sutra describes making love as "divine union". Vatsyayana believed that sex itself was not wrong, but doing it frivolously was sinful. The Kama Sutra has helped people enjoy the art of sex at a deeper level and can be considered a technical guide to sexual enjoyment, as well as providing insight into the sexual mores and practices of India in those times.

Hope this helps
~Maxie

Answer 2

Kamasutra is an ancient Indian text on human sexual behavior, widely considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature. The text was composed by Vatsyayana, as a brief summary of various earlier works belonging to a tradition known generically as Kama Shastra, the science of love. Kama is literally desire. Sutra signfies a thread, or discourse threaded on a series of aphorisms. Sutra was a standard term for a technical text, thus also the Yogasutram of Patanjali. The text is originally known as Vatsyayana Kamasutram ("Vatsyayana's Aphorisms on Love"). Tradition holds that the author was a celibate scholar. He is believed to have lived sometime between the 1st to 6th centuries AD, probably during the great cultural flowering of the Gupta

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It was a book written in ancient India about different sexual positions. Considering that many of the positions required the assistance of a servant, I'd recommend a modern day adaptation.

Answer 5

It was written by monks to explain different sexual positions that are designed to reach a higher level of connection with your mate

Answer 6

Its all abt the diff positions to achieve an O and to achieve highest pt of excitement while having sex

Answer 7

Go to the library and pick up the book.

Answer 8

research it online or get the book, too detailed to explain

Answer 9

go to the nearest book store and check it out. then get your partner to try it with you.

Answer 10

it is more then sex if you are to read the book it is about how to live your life and yes sex is part of it.