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Hindu love manuals are full of advice at a practical level - although the positions described in some of them are practical only for the double-jointed or professional gymnasts - but there is a far more important message common to all the teachings.
Hindu love manuals are full of advice at a practical level - although the positions described in some of them are practical only for the double-jointed or professional gymnasts - but there is a far more important message common to all the teachings.
In the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, Artha, and Kama.
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A work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry, and sexology, the "Kama Sutra" has been a classic of world literature for more than 1700 years.
Themes & subjects
Sex customsLoveSexual intercourseSexNew York Times reviewedEarly works to 1800
First published 1883Characters & people
Vātsyāyana
Setting
IndiaAncient India200 AD
About the author
Vatsyāyana
03.? – 03.?
Mallanaga Vātsyāyana is the name of a Hindu philosopher in the Vedic tradition who is considered to have lived during time of the Gupta Empire (4th to 6th centuries CE) in India. His name appears as the author of the Kama Sutra and of Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, the first commentary on Gotama's Nyāya Sutras. -[Wikipedia][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana
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