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Intro -- THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA. -- INTRODUCTION. -- PART I. THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE. -- SALUTATION TO DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA. -- PART I. -- CHAPTER II. -- ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA. -- CHAPTER III. -- ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN.[13] -- CHAPTER V. -- ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS. -- PART II. -- OF SEXUAL UNION. -- CHAPTER I. -- KINDS OF SEXUAL UNION ACCORDING TO -- CHAPTER II. -- OF THE EMBRACE. -- CHAPTER III. -- ON KISSING. -- CHAPTER IV. -- ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS. -- CHAPTER V. -- ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. -- CHAPTER VI. -- OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS. -- CHAPTER VII. -- OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN -- AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN. -- CHAPTER IX. -- OF THE AUPARISHTAKA[39] OR MOUTH CONGRESS. -- CHAPTER X. -- OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS. -- PART III. -- ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE. -- CHAPTER I. -- ON MARRIAGE. -- CHAPTER II. -- OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL. -- CHAPTER III. -- ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS. -- CHAPTER IV. -- ABOUT THINGS TO BE DONE ONLY BY THE MAN, AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE GIRL THEREBY. ALSO WHAT IS TO BE DONE BY A GIRL TO GAIN OVER A MAN, AND SUBJECT HIM TO HER. -- CHAPTER V. -- ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE[50] -- PART IV. -- ABOUT A WIFE. -- CHAPTER I. -- ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND. -- CHAPTER II.
ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ELDER WIFE TOWARDS THE OTHER WIVES OF HER HUSBAND, AND ON THAT OF A YOUNGER WIFE TOWARDS THE ELDER ONES. ALSO ON THE CONDUCT OF A VIRGIN WIDOW RE-MARRIED -- OF A WIFE DISLIKED BY HER HUSBAND -- OF THE WOMEN IN THE KING'S HAREM -- AND LASTLY ON THE CONDUCT OF A HUSBAND TOWARDS MANY WIVES. -- PART V. -- ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN. -- CHAPTER I. -- OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN.-THE REASONS WHY WOMEN REJECT THE ADDRESSES OF MEN.-ABOUT MEN WHO HAVE SUCCESS WITH WOMEN, AND ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE EASILY GAINED OVER. -- CHAPTER II. -- ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER. -- CHAPTER III. -- EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN'S MIND. -- CHAPTER IV. -- ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN. -- CHAPTER V. -- ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN. -- CHAPTER VI. -- ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM -- AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE'S OWN WIFE. -- PART VI. -- ABOUT COURTESANS. -- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. -- CHAPTER I. -- OF THE CAUSES OF A COURTESAN RESORTING TO MEN -- OF THE MEANS OF ATTACHING TO HERSELF THE MAN DESIRED -- AND OF THE KIND OF MAN THAT IT IS DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH. -- CHAPTER II. -- OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE. -- CHAPTER III. -- OF THE MEANS OF GETTING MONEY. OF THE SIGNS OF THE CHANGE OF A LOVER'S FEELINGS, AND OF THE WAY TO GET RID OF HIM. -- CHAPTER IV. -- ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER. -- CHAPTER V. -- OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN. -- CHAPTER VI. -- OF GAINS AND LOSSES -- ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES -- AND DOUBTS -- AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS. -- PART VII. -- ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF. -- CHAPTER I. -- ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT -- ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS -- AND ON TONIC MEDICINES. -- CHAPTER II. -- OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES. -- CONCLUDING REMARKS.
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