The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana The Classic Hindu Treatise on Love and Social Conduct |
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| Author:
| Vatsayana, |
| Foreword by:
| Rau, Santha Rama |
| Introduction by:
| Spellman, John W. |
| Translator:
| Burton, Richard Francis |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-019360-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1991 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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The 1964 publication of
Sir Richard Burton's translation marked the first wide appearance in English of the
Kama Sutra and was celebrated as a literary event of highest importance. As vital to an understanding of ancient Indian civilization as the works of
Plato and
Aristotle are to the West, the Kama Sutra has endured for 1,700 years as an indisputable classic of world literature.
Written with frankness and unassuming candor, the Kama Sutra remains...
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The 1964 publication of
Sir Richard Burton's translation marked the first wide appearance in English of the
Kama Sutra and was celebrated as a literary event of highest importance. As vital to an understanding of ancient Indian civilization as the works of
Plato and
Aristotle are to the West, the Kama Sutra has endured for 1,700 years as an indisputable classic of world literature.
Written with frankness and unassuming candor, the Kama Sutra remains one of the most readable and enjoyable of all the classics of antiquity. A work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry, and sexology, the Kama Sutra's importance is so great that it has at the same time both affected Indian civilization and remained an indispensable key to understanding it.