For instance, a tree is saptaparna, seven-leaved, or an offering of rice is panchavarna, five-coloured, but the tree does not have seven leaves, nor does rice have five colours.īabhravya refers to eight different kinds of embraces: Each subject is of eight kinds, and since eight multiplied by eight is sixty-four, it is therefore named Chatushshashti.īut Vatsyayana affirms that as this part also contains subjects such as striking, crying, the acts of a man during congress, the various kinds of congress and other subjects, the name sixty-four is only accidental. Followers of Babhravya say that this part contains eight subjects: the embrace kissing scratching with the nails or fingers biting lying down making various sounds purushayitam, or playing the part of a man auparishtaka, or mouth congress. Some authors say it is so titled because it contains sixty-four chapters.
This part of the Kama Shastra deals with sexual union, and is called Chatushshashti, or sixty-four. The result is a dazzling and sensuous reading experience through which the teachings of the Kama Sutra spring to life. Gathered from museums and private collections around the world-as well as the author’s own collection of over 300,000 photographs-these rare images clearly illustrate all 64 sexual positions and the erotic instructions set forth in the Kama Sutra. In this complete and illustrated guide Lance Dane accompanies the Kama Sutra text with 269 illustrations and great works of art that encompass coins, palm leaf manuscripts, sculptures, ancient toys, jewelry, architecture, ivory combs, birch bark, cloth, paintings, frescoes, and scrolls. Written almost 2,000 years ago, the Kama Sutra deals with all aspects of sexual life, including the principles and techniques of sexual pleasure and how to best achieve ecstatic expression of life’s beauty. The erotic sentiments described in the Hindu love classic the Kama Sutra constitute the most famous work on sex ever created. Composed by one of the world’s foremost scholars of the Kama Sutra and Indian art.The first complete translation to illustrate all 64 sexual postures described in the Kama Sutra.A fully illustrated Kama Sutra from the extraordinary and rare art collection of Lance Dane
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