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
A man is called a man of small passion whose desire at the time of sexual union is not great, whose semen is scanty, and who cannot bear the warm embraces of the female. Those who differ fr... Read more
PART II CHAPTER I KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO DIMENSIONS, FORCE OF DESIRE OR PASSION, TIME Kind of Union MAN is divided into three classes, viz. the hare man, the bull man, and the ho... Read more
CHAPTER V ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS WHEN Kama is practised by men of the four castes according to the rules of the Holy Writ (i.e. b... Read more
CHAPTER IV THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN HAVING thus acquired learning, a man, with the wealth that he may have gained by gift, conquest, purchase, deposit, 1 or inheritance from his ancestor... Read more
CHAPTER III ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED MAN should study the Kama Sutra and the arts and sciences subordinate thereto, in addition to the study of the arts and sciences contained... 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
