I warn men in a hurry or obsessed with their only pleasure: the kamasutra does not appreciate shoddy work! The man who is guided only by his animal instinct does not respect the kamasutra.

It talks about ethical principles, explains how to court a woman and how to live in marriage with her.įunny thing, the treatise was written in deep meditation and complete chastity. Love, in Indian culture, represents a fundamental component of the trivarga, the “triad of values”: respect for religion, care for business and, indeed, love. The purpose of the treatise is to teach men and women how to behave in front of sexual desire in order to ensure themselves a happy love life. Unlike the Tantra, the Kama sutra is not a sacred or mysterious text and its reading does not therefore require the guidance of a guru. There are in fact, among others, the Kuttani mata (Advice of a courtesan) attributed to Damodara Gupta, minister to a king of Kashmir towards the end of the 8th century, and the Samaya matrika (The perfect courtesan) by the poet Kshemendra (11th century).Ĭomposed of seven volumes, it provides advice on the disciplines of the mind and social customs, as well as on the techniques of kissing and the art of being a good lover. It is one of the most important texts of Sanskrit poetry. The kamasutra is the oldest Hindu treatise on love and erotic arts. Kamasutra, much more than a sexual guide!

Sutra (from Sanskrit सूत्र, sūtra (in pāli sutta), literally means “thread” (from the Indo-European root *syū-, the same as the Latin suere, “to sew”), and in its original sense it indicates a “short phrase”, an “aphorism”.

Kama (devanagari कामदेव, IAST Kāma), in the Indian religion is the deva of pleasure, love, desire.

Most of the treatise deals with social relations, the relationships between men and women and physical and psychological well-being. This work written in Sanskrit, almost two thousand years ago, by Vhatsyâyna Mallananâga is rather a guide to good behaviour and the arts of love. In the collective imagination the Kamasutra immediately suggests a manual of more or less acrobatic sexual positions, but the treatise includes many other things…

Funny karma sutra positions