The Kama Sutra

by Vatsyayana

Overview

The Kama Sutra is a two-thousand year old mystical treatise on sexuality read and revered for generations. This beautiful edition takes a contemporary look at the perennial classic and pairs the ancient text with vibrantly colored and richly detailed illustrations. Rare miniatures, gouache and tantric paintings and sculptures form the renowned archives of the University of Cambridge are published here for the first time. All this, the classic text, the brilliant artwork, and the insightful introduction, combine to create a magical book that every reader will enjoy and treasure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496093585
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/27/2014
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Little is known about the life of Vatsyayana, but various authorities suggest that he lived in the third century CE. He is believed to have been a devout man who led the life of a religious student of Hinduism.
The translation presented in this edition is by Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890), the British diplomat, explorer and orientalist who discovered the text in the 19th century and made it available in the West.