Kamsutra: EDITOR'S NOTE As Alain Danielou observes

EDITOR'S NOTE As Alain Danielou observes in his Introduction, the Sanskrit text of the Kama Sutra and its commentaries frequently use familiar terms, like yoga, tantra, and upanisbad, in highly unusual and technical senses. Because of the inherent interest of this terminology and because of the Kama Sutra's rich vocabulary, this edition cites an extensive list of Sanskrit words and phrases and features several appendices, which we hope will be of use to specialist and nonspecialist alike. This book is acomprehensive translation of the mostauthoritative work on love in Sanskrit literature - the KamaSutra , Aphorisms on Love by Vatsyayana. Divided into seven books and thirty-sixparts, the evidence concerning the dateof the writing and the commentarieswritten on it are examined in theIntroduction. Kamasutra acknowledges the Hindu concept of purusharthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the proper goals of life. The Kama sutra (कामसूत्र, Kāmasūtra) is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment in life. Attributed to Vātsyāyana, the Kama Sutra is neither exclusively nor predominantly a sex manual on sex positions, but written as a guide to the “art-of-living” well, the nature of love, finding a life partner, maintaining one’s love life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life. Kamasutra is the oldest ...