KAMASUTRA

|| KAMASUTRA ||

ANCIENT ART OF MAKING LOVE

Birthplace of kamasutra: INDIA

It is well known that India‘s exceptionally brilliant scholar Professor Aryabhatta discovered the number ‘zero’ several centuries ago.

About Kamasutra:

Sanskrit: कामसूत्र

When

As early as 2nd century BC, that is 24 centuries before any study began in US and Europe, What An unparalleled masterly treatise on the ‘Art of Making Love’ was put forth unabashedly in words and pictures

Who

By the Indian scholar Professor Vatsayana who himself was a celibate monk.

How

Many sexual positions and techniques are described to enhance not just the physical joy and intensity of love as most people understand but with an eye for reaching the

Why

Boundless bliss, as defined in the spiritual textbooks of India. This dimension of the ultimate bliss often goes unnoticed. The western scholars are unfamiliar with ‘boundless complete bliss’, which, is defined in Indian spiritual textbooks well studied even today and is a real experience for the dedicated people in India.

Recent times- INDIA

The Indians lost the import not only of the gorgeous ‘Kamasutra’ in their day-to-day life but also of the other scholarly texts. Invaders from foreign countries caused deplorable economic famine of devastating proportion having fleeced the country of all its riches. Can any one believe that India was one of the richest countries till 2oo years ago? Hence an Indian today mainly focuses on earning for a decent livelihood for himself and his family, that too by ethical means, which is ingrained in him. Recent times – US Europe Until about 100 years ago ‘sex’ was synonymous with sin in Europe. Even when the word ‘sex’ was sacrilegious, scientific studies in human sexuality began in Europe and the US in the 19 the century.

Ancient Scholar:

Vatsayana

Modern Scholars

Notable among the modern stalwarts who studied human sexuality are:

* The German psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing

* The Viennese physician Sigmund Freud,

* The English physician Havelock Ellis

* The German physician Magnus Hirshfeld. The Nazis destroyed most of his materials during World War II (1939-1945).

* The American anthropologist Margaret Mead and

* The British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski studied sexual sciences in the early 1930s.

* American biologist Alfred Charles Kinsey

** William H. Masters and Virginia Johnson.

* The book prompted by the AIDS crisis Sex in America (1994) Sexual Positions of

|| Kamasutra || Where are the Pictures?

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Full text of kamasutra -by Richard Burton 1883