THE UNKNOWN KAMASUTRAS

This outstanding anthology presents for the first time both to the scholars and general readers a companion volume to the famous Kamasutra by the sage-teacher Vatsyayana. The present compendium will be found to serve as veritable source-book of original views and teaching belonging historically to pre-Vatsyayana authorities which -as arranged here systematically under the Sixty-four conventional topic of the Kama Shastra -open a new tract of ancient wisdom, exposing the Aphorisms of Love hitherto lost and unknown. It goes to retrieve many a canonical and epic text in specific perspective of the old Kama Shastra India's literary history, beginning from the oldest Vedas down to the poetic and technical documents of the second century at the latest.

Kama is just one integral aspect of the age-old socio-religious philosophy of Three Human Pursuits, viewing man's three-sided prism-personality as a harmonious aggregate of Dharma-Artha-Kama-Virtue-Wealth-Desire. This indeed interpreted the practices of love of Kama as an essential means of attaining the fulfillment of married life in its fuller worldly joys and day-to-day affairs as well as socially attendant dutie sand moral function.

About the Author:

Dr. P.K. Agrawala is a well- known scholar of Indology working as a University Professor in the Department of Ancient Indian History, culture & Archaeology of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. His special field of investigation is Ancient Indian Art, Iconography and Religious thought.

Contents

Introduction
Argument1-4, Approach 4-8; Vatsyayana's Kamasutra 8-18; Pre-Vatsyayana Tradition 10-14; Great Historical Sage Shvetaketu 14-17; the Panchala Country: Shevtaketu and Babhravya 17-19; Shvetaketu's Views 19-21; Babhravya's Shastra 22-24; Mythical Nandi 24; Post-Babhravya Teachers: Dattaka 24-26; Charayana 26-27; Suvarnanabha's Views 27; Ghotakamukha and Others 27-28; Kuchumara 28-29; Sixty-four Topics 29-30; Kamasutras 31-32; Our pre Vatsyayana Source 32-35; First Book: General Principles 35-41; Second Book: On Sexual Union 41-46; Third Book:Kanya-samprayuktaka 46-48; Fourth Book: On One's Own Wife 48-52; Fifth Book: Paradarikam 52-55; Sixth Book: About Courtesans 55-59; Seventh Book : Hidden Ways 59-63 Section One : General Principles (Sadharanam)
1. Contents of the Treatise 65-69
   
2. On the Origins of Science of Erotics 69-70
   
3. On the Three Aims of Human life 71-81
   
4. Gkorification of Kama 81-85
   
5. On the Study of the Various Arts 85-90
   
6. The Daily Life of Citizen 90-94
   
7. On Men, Women and their Associates94-100

   Section two: On Sexual Union (Samprayogikam)
   

8. General Observations on Sexual Union 101-09
   
9. Kinds of Union according to Dimensions, Intensity and Duration 109-13
   
10. The Different Kinds of Love 113-14
    
11. On the Embrace 114-15
    
12. On Kissing 115-16
    
13. On Nail-marks 116
    
14. On Teeth-marks 117
    
15. On Postures of Union 118-20
    
16. On the Various Ways of Striking Blows 120-21
    
17. On the Sounds Associated with Striking 121
    
18. On Women Assuming the Man's Role 121-35
    
19. On the Mouth Congress 123
    
20. On the Beginning and Ending of Congress 123-24
    
21. Legends of Ancient Lovers 124-35

    Section Three: Selecting a Wife, Marriage and Courtship (Kanyasamprayuktakam) 136-148
    

22. On the Selection of a Wife 136-39
    
23. About Marriage 139-41
    
24. On creating Confidence in the Bride 141-42
    
25. On Coutship and the Expression of Feelings by outward Signs and Deeds 142-43
    
26. On Things to be Done by a Man and the Acquisition of a Girl Thereby 143-45
    
27. On the Ten Stages of Love
    
28. Forms of Marriage

    Section Four : On One's Own Wife (Bharyadhikarikam)

29. Glorification of the Wife 149-51
    
30. On the Conduct of a Virtuous Wife 151-54
    
31. A Virtuous Wife's Behaviour during the Absence of her Husband 151-56
    
32. Type of Wives 156-57
    
33. On the Conduct of Co-wives 157
    
34. On the Conduct of Remarried Woman 158
    
35. About the Wicked Wives 158-63
    
36. On the Women in the King's Harem 163-64
    
37. On the Conduct of a Husband toward his wife 164-67
    
38. On the Conduct of Husband who has more than one Wife 167-68

    Section Five : On the Wives of Other Men (Paradarikam)

39. On Determining the Conduct of Men and Women 169
    
40. The Reason why Women Reject the Addresses of Men 170
    
41. About Men who have Success with Women 170-71
    
42. About Makng Acquaintance with the Woman and the Efforts to Win her over 171-73
    
43. Examination of the Status of a Woman's Mind 173
    
44. About the Business of a Go-between 174-75
    
45. On the Ways of Protecting One's Own Wife 176
    
46. About the Nature of Women 176-82

    Section Six : About Courtesans (Vaishikam)
    

47. On the Nature of Courtesans 183-84
    
48. On the Courtesan's Associates, Customers, and the Cause of Her Resorting to Men 184-88
    
49. On the Seductive Ways of Courtesans 188-191
    
50. On the Ways of Getting Money 192-93
    
51. On the Different Kinds of Gain 193-94
    
52. On the Pecuniary Gains, Losses and Doubtful Cases 194-95
    
53. Type of Courtesans 195-96
    
54. About the State Control over Courtesans 196-99

    Section Seven : On the Hidden Ways of Love-charms, Tonic Recipes and the like (Aupanishadikam)
    

55. Charms for Procuring a Wife 200-01
    
56. Charms for Procuring a Husband 201-02
    
57. On Bringing Martial Luck to Himselft 203-04
    
58. On Subjugating the Hearts of Others 205-216
    
59. On Tonic Recipes 216-19
    
60. On Regaining One's Lost Virility 219-222
    
61. On the Ways of Enlarging One's Lingam 222
    
62. On Depriving a Rival of his Virility 222-23
    
63. Miscellaneous Experiments, Charms and Recipes 224-48