Can I have an overall summary of the Kama Sutra? From people who actually read it?

Answer 1

From what I remember, most of the book is devoted to techniques that will make a yoni quiver.

Answer 2

Wikipedia says this:

The Kama Sutra has 36 chapters, organized into seven parts, each of which are written by individual experts in the respective fields. These fields show different sex hints, positions and points of view. The parts are:

Part One - Introduction

(5 chapters) - 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

(10 chapters) - an in-depth discussion of kissing, various types of foreplay, orgasm, a list of sex positions, oral sex, 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

(5 chapters) - 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

(2 chapters) - 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

(6 chapters) - 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

(6 chapters).

* 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

(2 chapters).

* 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.

Answer 3

Its boring, mainly its just instructions on different way to do it.
if you want the book i have an e-copy, im me or something.

Answer 4

Very briefly -- the art of lovemaking.