2006-06-20 14:20:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
You'll have to forgive Shehawke -- she is apparently an idiot. Furthermore, "sutra" does not mean "crookedness." It is a standard term that can describe any technical or religious tract.
The Kama Sutra (literally, "the Scripture of Desire") is an Ancient Hindu text that is considered the definitive Hindu work on topics like erotic love, romantic pursuit, desire, and the role of these feelings in the human experience. It is infamous for giving explicit details on contorted, creative sexual positions and sexual technique -- many transcripts contain revealing illustrations. It also addresses the topic of what could be called sexual magic.
It is one of the earliest texts we know of that deal with sex in this manner.
Also, the name "Kama Sutra" has been applied to countless sexual self-help videos and pornographic films. An independent 1997 film also shared the name, but had nothing much at all to do with the classical work.
2006-06-20 14:31:02 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Karma Sutra is an Indian Text with different sexual positions described.....the word Sutra in hindi means Crookedness or to bend gives you an idea of the positions...but Kama or Karma sutra is a book
2006-06-20 14:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by Alicia F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kamasutram, generally known to the Western world as Kama Sutra, 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 signifies 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 period.
2006-06-20 14:23:56 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One way or the other most of the above answers are correct. In my own mind the Kama Sutra (my spelling) is a sex manual with some interesting and tortuous positions. So far I've thrown my back out twice and had cramps 4 times.
2006-06-21 16:41:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ancient Indian lovegod? Usually spelled Kama Sutra
2006-06-20 14:31:49 · answer #5 · answered by chris s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kamma Sutra, dummy. And it means basically the "method of se x.
People forget there are 4 other Kammas though that follow the time of life.
2006-06-20 14:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by shehawke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's freaky sex positions . . . well more than just positions. Get the book, it's available everywhere. It's an old book, been around for a while.
2006-06-20 14:24:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is that SEX thingie in India, shows all the positions of how to do sex..... some looks very painful!!!! LOL
2006-06-20 14:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its kama sutra. it means art of love making.
2006-06-20 14:23:44 · answer #9 · answered by shaznay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a biblical text.
2006-06-20 14:22:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋