The author of Rasamanjari was a poet called Bhanudatta. The last verse of the manuscript indicated that he was a resident of the province of Tirhoot, and son of a Brahman named Ganeshwar, who was also a poet. Written in Sanskrit, it portrays different classes of men and women through their age, description, conduct and behavior. Comprising three chapters, it has not been possible to ascertain its date. urn:oclc:record:1391292645 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier completeillustra0000vats Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s256t23jr92 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0892811382 Lccn 2003051090 Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-3-g9920 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.8014 Ocr_module_version 0.0.21 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200699 Openlibrary_edition A room of his house dedicated to sex, a room decorated, full of flowers, and fragrant with perfume and incense . . . However, the sexual parts (which is just 1 out of 7 parts of the book)are still thought provoking and could still bewilder one's imaginations! This being an instruction book and an undeniably an indespensable part of classic literature is nothing but a must read piece of work of art.

The Ratirahasya comprises nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into fifteen parts called Pachivedas. Some of the subjects dealt with in this work are not to be found in Vatsyayana's translation, such as the four classes of women: the padmini, chitrini, shankhini and hastini; as also the enumeration of the days and hours on which the women of different classes were stimulated towards love. Kokkoka claimed that his knowledge of these subjects was garnered from the wisdom of Gonikaputra and Nandikesvara, both of whom have been mentioned by Vatsyayana, but whose works are not now extant. It is difficult to fix a date or year in which the Ratirahasya was composed. It can, however, be safely presumed that it was written after Vatsyayana's tome, and was prior to other works on the subject that are still extant. Vatsyayana, himself, referred to ten authors whose work on the subject he had consulted, but none of which is extant, and Kokkoka's name does not figure among them. This leads to the logical conclusion that Kokkoka wrote after Vatsyayana, else, Vatsyayana would surely have made mention of him with the others he referred to. This stands as one of the greatest works of relationships, in many ways. It gets talked about as taboo or as outright disgusting old adult literature, but I disagree. There are many things going on in this book and the various positions, in talking, touching and physically exercising the usages here are myriad. Make no mistake, this book gets you going in many ways, but I feel that when the mind is stimulated, the heart and body follow along and the entire experiment yields the desired outcome.

Kama is a handsome youth who, armed with a bow and a quiver of arrows, tipped with flowers, pursues his quarry of young loves. His thirst for love is shared and dispensed with his wife, Rati Devi. Book 1 General Principles The Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana is a great book that gives a detailed description on several aspects on sex, love and marriage in Sanskriti culture. There's a lot of cultural information in this collection of tales and advice that is really interesting and rather surprising. These examples are made using the highest ideal/potential one can work towards. It's not the general standard that was actually lived by but the standards a person was meant to aim for. He cooks the heart of a mongoose, the fruits of a fenugreek plant and a long gourd, and snake eyes, over a fire that does not smoke. Then he rubs into this the same measure of the collegium used as eye make-up. When he has smeared his eyes with this, he can move about without a shadow or a body. The Padmini nayika , heroine, has a face as pleasing as the full moon and her bosom is full and hard. Introduction A seemingly antiquated theory of finding love, giving it, and keeping it. As stated prior. I do wish to respect all religions, especially those of the Hindu dharma. Although there are some good points in here, most is thorny, demeaning to women, and misleading to men. It's not very poignant in it's explainations or tied to any real truth. It bothers me.

Parvati, Shiva's consort seduced him and broke his long trance. She put on enticing clothes, a delightful wreath of gems, lined her crimson eyes with collyrium. Her attractive nipples were covered with lines of painting with cosmetics. Her navel was deep and bright. Her belly was circular and graceful and her thighs put to shame the plantain tree. The man is aroused by the thought, ‘I am taking her’, the young woman by the thought, ‘I am being taken by him.’ This book is based on the original Burton and Arbuthnot translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra, with additions from other Sanskrit versions. This translation is very readable and can be recommended purely for the inclusion of the extensive included Jayamangala Sanskrit commentary. Y: For sometimes when a woman has made love with one man she may make love with other men who happen to be there. And so it is said:This is a funny book! Since the book was written in the ancient India, many of the non-sexual instructions like courtship, concubines, courtesan, prostitutes, are just passe and ridiculous!