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Vatsyayana

Author of The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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Works by Vatsyayana

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (0004) 2,170 copies
The Complete Kama Sutra (0200) 1,245 copies
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Contributor — 71 copies
Kama Sutra - Ananga Ranga (1978) — Author — 23 copies
Kama Sutra; Phaedrus (1963) — Contributor — 14 copies
Kama Sutra (Mega Square) (2009) 13 copies
El Kamasutra (1998) 7 copies
Kamasutra Selections (2011) 4 copies
Kâma Sûtra (1999) 3 copies
The Original Kama Sutra (2010) 2 copies
Le KÅama Sutra (1988) 2 copies
Il Kamasutra illustrato (2003) 2 copies
Kamasutra da comodino (1991) 1 copy
K♯mas¿±tra (1994) 1 copy
Kamasutra: Selections (2002) 1 copy
El Kamasutra 1 copy
Afrikamasutra (2013) 1 copy
Kama Sutra Livro 1 (1999) 1 copy

Associated Works

Box of Illuminations X4 Box Set (2001) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Canonical name
Vatsyayana
Legal name
Vātsyāyana
Birthdate
4th-6th c. CE
Date of death
4th-6th c. CE
Gender
male
Nationality
India

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Kama Sutra in Folio Society Devotees (September 2022)

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Danielou is the foremost living interpreter of Hinduism. His books are remarkable for their clarity, scholarship, and uninhibited celebration of erotic and mystical ecstasy. This is a complete new translation of the Kama Sutra. It captures al of its enchantment, a world of refined sensation totally without humbug
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 4 other reviews | Jun 1, 2023 |
Finally got around to reading it after
15 years of 'reading about' it. And it's
not what I expected it to be. It's a lot
more.

Reading Kamasutra will make
you realize why India has
never been a land of
conquerers of other places.

They've always been too busy
exploring sexual pleasures in
their own land to bother going
about elsewhere.
 
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paarth7 | May 6, 2023 |
Interesting view into human sexuality and spirituality through the lens of the Hindu religion.
 
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Windyone1 | 4 other reviews | May 10, 2022 |
Ancient Indic sex instruction manual, with a surprising amount of time devoted to pleasure for the female.
 
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LindaLeeJacobs | 20 other reviews | Feb 15, 2020 |

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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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Languages
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Favorited
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