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TITLE: The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana
SUBTITLE: Translated from the Sanscrit in seven parts with Preface, Introduction, and Concluding Remarks
AUTHOR: Sir Richard Francis Burton
PUBLISHER: Kama Shastra Society
PLACE: London and Benares
YEAR: 1883
EDITION: Second. Reprint printed for private circulation only.
BINDING: Bound in full vellum and gold ruling on the cover; gilt titles on the spine. Deckle edges.
NO.OF PAGES: 181 pages plus a page advertising two other works issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society
SIZE:
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 14 cm
Depth: 2 cm
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text written by Vatsyayana. It is widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behaviour in Sanskrit literature.
The Kama Shastra Society was formed by Sir Richard Francis Burton and his friend Forster Arbuthnot for the printing of various Eastern works, chiefly of an erotic nature.
Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 - 20 October 1890) was an English explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
Vatsyayana was an Indian philosopher in the Vedic tradition who is believed to have lived in around the 2nd century AD in India.
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