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May 2001
KamasutraVATSYAYANA
 
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PREFACEIN the literature of all countries there will be found acertain number of works treating especially of love.Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and fromvarious points of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what isconsidered the standard work on love in Sanscritliterature, and which is called the `Vatsyayana KamaSutra', or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana.While the introduction will deal with the evidenceconcerning the date of the writing, and the commentarieswritten upon it, the chapters following the introductionwill give a translation of the work itself. It is, however,advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of works of thesame nature, prepared by authors who lived and wroteyears after Vatsyayana had passed away, but who stillconsidered him as the great authority, and always quotedhim as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following workson the same subject are procurable in India:The Ratirahasya, or secrets of loveThe Panchasakya, or the five arrowsThe Smara Pradipa, or the light of loveThe Ratimanjari, or the garland of loveThe Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love
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