CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN’S MIND WHEN a man is trying to gain over a woman he should examine the state of her mind, and act as follows: If she listens to him, but... Read more

PART III CHAPTER I ON MARRIAGE WHEN a girl of the same caste, and a virgin, is married in accordance with the precepts of Holy Writ, the results of such a union are the acquisition of Dharma... Read more

CHAPTER IX OF THE AUPARISHTAKA OR MOUTH CONGRESS THERE are two kinds of eunuchs, those that are disguised as males, and those that are disguised as females. Eunuchs disguised as females imit... Read more

CHAPTER V ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ALL the places that can be kissed are also the places that can be bitten, except the upper lip,... Read more

CHAPTER III ON KISSING IT is said by some that there is no fixed time or order between the embrace, the kiss, and the pressing or scratching with the nails or fingers, but that all these thi... Read more

CHAPTER II OF THE EMBRACE THIS part of the Kama Shastra, which treats of sexual union, is also called ‘Sixty-four’ (Chatushshashti). Some old authors say that it is called so, be... Read more

PART V: ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE 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... Read more

PART I CHAPTER I PREFACE Salutation to Dharma, Artha and Kama IN the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters lai... Read more