The Sixty-Four Arts
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the sixty-four arts · Kalas · sixty-four arts · sixty-four kinds of pleasure · sixty-four means of pleasure · the sixty-four ways of enjoyment
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (English)
learning from him the sixty-four kinds of pleasure mentioned by Babhravya;
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
The sixty-four ancillary arts and sciences to be studied alongside the Kama Sutra.
Even young maids should study this Kama Sutra along with its arts and sciences before marriage, and after it they should continue to do so with the consent of their husbands.
She should study alone in private the sixty-four practices that form a part of the Kama Shastra.
A public woman, endowed with a good disposition, beauty and other winning qualities, and also versed in the above arts, obtains the name of a Ganika, or public woman of high quality, and receives a seat of honour in an assemblage of men.