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Kama Sutra

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  1. ^ Doniger, Wendy (2003). Kamasutra - Oxford World's Classics. Oxford University Press. p. i. ISBN 978-0-19-283982-4. "The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love. It was composed in Sanskrit, the literary language of ancient India, probably in North India and probably sometime in the third century" 
  2. ^ Coltrane, Scott (1998). Gender and families. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-8039-9036-4. 
  3. ^ Common misconceptions about Kama Sutra. "The Kama Sutra is neither exclusively a sex manual nor, as also commonly used art, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a tantric text. In opening with a discussion of the three aims of ancient Hindu life – dharma, artha and kama – Vatsyayana's purpose is to set kama, or enjoyment of the senses, in context. Thus dharma or virtuous living is the highest aim, artha, the amassing of wealth is next, and kama is the least of three." —Indra Sinha.
  4. ^ Carroll, Janell (2009). Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity. Cengage Learning. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-495-60274-3. 
  5. ^ Devi, Chandi (2008). From Om to Orgasm: The Tantra Primer for Living in Bliss. AuthorHouse. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-4343-4960-6. 
  6. ^ For Kama Sutra as the most notable of the kāma śhāstra literature see: Flood (1996), p. 65.
  7. ^ For Nandi reporting the utterance see: p. 3. Daniélou, Alain. The Complete Kama Sutra: The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text. Inner Traditions: 1993. ISBN 0-89281-525-6.
  8. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=V9Y_tQfm_WgC&pg=PA21
  9. ^ For the Kama Sutra as a compilation, and dating to second century CE, see: Kkgeay, pp. 81, 103.
  10. ^ book, see index pages by Wendy Doniger, also translation by Burton
  11. ^ Date checked: 29 March 2007 Burton and Doniger
  12. ^ For the Dharma Śāstras as discussing the "four main goals of life" (dharma, artha, kāma, and moksha) see: Hopkins, p. 78.
  13. ^ For dharma, artha, and kama as "brahmanic householder values" see: Flood (1996), p. 17.
  14. ^ For definition of the term पुरुष-अर्थ (puruṣa-artha) as "any of the four principal objects of human life, i.e. धर्म (dharma), अर्थ (artha), काम (kāma), and मोक्ष (mokṣa)" see: Apte, p. 626, middle column, compound #1.
  15. ^ For kāma as one of the four goals of life (kāmārtha) see: Flood (1996), p. 65.
  16. ^ For definition of kāma as "erotic and aesthetic pleasure" see: Flood (1996), p. 17.
  17. ^ Quotation from the translation by Richard Burton taken from [1]. Text accessed 3 April 2007.
  18. ^ Book I, Chapter ii, Lines 2-4 Vatsyayana Kamasutram Electronic Sanskrit edition: Titus Texts, University of Frankfurt bālye vidyāgrahaṇādīn arthān, kāmaṃ ca yauvane, sthāvire dharmaṃ mokṣaṃ ca
  19. ^ McConnachie (2007), pp. 123–125.
  20. ^ McConnachie (2007), p. 233.
  21. ^ Sinha, p. 33.
  22. ^ The Complete Kama Sutra by Alain Daniélou
  23. ^ Stated in the translation's preface
  24. ^ Balagangadhara, S.N (2007). Antonio De Nicholas, Krishnan Ramaswamy, Aditi Banerjee, ed. Invading the Sacred. Rupa & Co. pp. 431–433. ISBN 978-81-291-1182-1. 
  25. ^ McConnachie (2007), p. 232.

Bibliography

  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965). The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. ISBN 81-208-0567-4.  (fourth revised & enlarged edition).
  • Avari, Burjor (2007). India: The Ancient Past. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-35616-9. 
  • Daniélou, Alain (1993), The Complete Kama Sutra: The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text, Inner Traditions, ISBN 0-89281-525-6 .
  • Sudhir Kakar and Doniger, Wendy (2002), Kamasutra (Oxford World's Classics), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-283982-9 .
  • Flood, Gavin (1996). An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43878-0. 
  • Flood, Gavin (Editor) (2003). The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-4051-3251-5. 
  • Hopkins, Thomas J. (1971). The Hindu Religious Tradition. Cambridge: Dickenson Publishing Company, Inc. 
  • Keay, John (2000). India: A History. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 0-8021-3797-0. 
  • McConnachie, James (2007). The Book of Love: In Search of the Kamasutra. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-84354-373-2. 
  • Sinha, Indra (1999). The Cybergypsies. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-600-34158-5. 

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