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Review in Gujarat in Garavi Gujarat, November 2002.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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Translated by Sir Richard Burton & F.F. Arbuthnot.
This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading.
The Kama Sutra (the 'science of love') is one of the world's greatest books. Written between the 1st and 4th centuries AD, it is a magnificent treatise on sexual conduct and erotic technique.
Its purpose is not simply to provide a menu for the sensual epicure or a training programme for the sexual athlete, but to comment on the situations in which men and women encounter, and to deal with them in such a way as to achieve personal fulfilment through ecstasy.
This edition contains the classic translation by Sir Richard Burton, first published in 1883.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book is a good translation of the original text, but beware that there are no illustrations whatsoever! If you are interested in the original text than this is an excellent book. If you are looking for a bedside guide I think you should look elsewhere.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this book is a translation of the kama sutra - great - but now i would like to move on to something with commentry to understand it more. - so a good place to start, to wet your appetite.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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An education to read how 'ancient' India viewed sexual practices for the benefit of males AND females but also an insight into social mores.
The text is to be used as a tool to benefit those seeking pleasure but also a moral framework for r/ships. True it may puzzle some people, feminists and puritans in particular, for example the manipulation of males to gain female sexual pleasure, but also females towards males for the benefit of material wealth and sexual pleasures.
I was impressed with the easy, graceful transaltion of Burton.
The text is to be used as a tool to benefit those seeking pleasure but also a moral framework for r/ships. True it may puzzle some people, feminists and puritans in particular, for example the manipulation of males to gain female sexual pleasure, but also females towards males for the benefit of material wealth and sexual pleasures.
I was impressed with the easy, graceful transaltion of Burton.
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