Part II Regarding virility The Significance of the Kamasutra Book It is called Aupanishadika, secret love, extraneous stimulation and sexual power The final section looks at making the body beautiful and other ways of sexual pleasure and satisfying sexual desire. This section looks at rather diverse topics and has 6 parts. Part VI Conduct of ladies of the inner court This book has 6 parts and deals with the various ways and wiles of both men and women, and how one can make out whether an opposite member is attracted to them. Part II Paradarika, seducing the wives of others Part I Bharyadhikarika, the wife duties of a wife eldest and junior wives This section looks at family life and marital bliss, and how each member of marital situation mut conduct themselves. Part I&II Instilling confidence in the bride Later in the book, Vatsyayana also gives “tips” on how a woman can win over a man. It has 5 parts and gives many “tips” to court a woman and win her over. This part deals with aspects of betrothal and marriage. Part X Kanyasamprayuktaka: courtship and marriage It refers to many aspects of love-making rather uncandidly and has 10 parts! This book essentially covers Samprayogika, or love play and sexual union. Part V Qualities of a go-between (messenger) Sadharana or general principles: This book is a more of a general introduction and includes 5 parts. The text in total has seven sections, each referred to as a book, and each book in turn has several sections. The contents of the Kamasutra are given below, with rough translations of the various sections and parts of the text. The magical image was dramatised, so that it may yield the power to bring forth progeny and pleasure.” He filled the physical union with a grace that uplifted the human couple to the state of godhood. He exalted the intensity of spontaneous love. He revealed how tenderness, in the approach of the bodies of male and female, could take the co- equals to the depths of each other. He touched off the sources of love in the twin souls of man and woman.
Lance Dane gives a beautiful explanation of what the Kamasutra is all about and why it is significant: “I believe that not only did Vatsyayana’s book come after several sacred compilations about the ritual of love making, but it enshrined the essences of two thousand years or more of the worship of love.
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