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Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

    Vatsyayana

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, by Vatsyayana (fl. c. 3rd century CE), from Project Gutenberg's public-domain text.

    Chapters
    16
    Variants
    16
    Genre
    Aesthetics
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Part Iprose
    2. 02Part IIprose
    3. 03Chapter VIIprose
    4. 04Chapter VIIIprose
    5. 05Chapter XIprose
    6. 06Chapter Xprose
    7. 07Part IIIprose
    8. 08Part IVprose
    9. 09Part Vprose
    10. 10Part VIprose
    11. 11Chapter IIIprose
    12. 12Chapter IVprose
    13. 13Chapter Vprose
    14. 14Chapter VIprose
    15. 15Chapter Iprose
    16. 16Chapter IIprose

    In the atlas

    fully mapped

    Figures43

    Vatsyayana · Babhravya · Gonikaputra · Suvarnanabha · Ahalya · Dattaka · Ghotakamukha · Gonardiya · Indra · King

    Ideas58

    The Sixty-Four Arts · Artha · Dharma · Auparishtaka · Dharma, Artha, and Kama · Artifices for getting money from a lover · Behaviour of a waning lover · Biting · Business and Methods of the Go-Between · Caste

    Places14

    Vatsagulma · Ahira · Andhra · Aparantaka · Aparatakas · Benares · Dravida country · Ganda · Haimavatas · Kashi

    Groups53

    Courtesans · Followers of Babhravya · Women of the King's Harem · Ancient and Other Unnamed Authors · Brahmans · Citizens · People of the Southern Countries · Pithamarda · Vidushaka · Vita

    Events18

    Fasts and Vows · Beginning and ending of sexual union · Deaths and injuries from striking instruments · Deaths of Kings Abhira and Jayasena · Drinking parties · Festival of the eight moon · Festivals · Garden picnics · Household Sacrifices and Worship · Love quarrel episode

    Objects26

    Tambula · Kama Shastra · Kama Sutra · Lingam · Anunga Runga · Apadravyas · Atharvana Veda · Charms and amulets for attraction · Cosmetic adornment recipes · Courtship Gifts

    Animals23

    Horses · Cow · elephant · the crow · Animal-Type Classification of Men and Women · Animals used as magical ingredients · Birds imitated in vocal sounds · Boar, bull and sparrow · Boars · Bull

    69 citations · 102 themes · 340 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.