The Kama sutra of Vatsyayana / translated by Sir Richard Burton and F. F. Arbuthnot ; edited with a preface by W.G. Archer ; introduction by K.M. Panikkar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Capricorn Books, c1963.Description: 223 pages 18 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 470.S3 .V459 1963
Summary: The famous classical Indian analysis of physical love and its place in the life of the well-rounded man and woman is one of the landmarks not only of Indian literature, but of human civilization. It is frank and explicit in its descriptions, but highly moral in tone and beautifully poetic in manner of expression. Long a forbidden work, it is an indispensable key to the understanding of Indian civilization, as well as a delightful clasic of world literature. The present edition contains the complete text of the original. --Back cover of the book
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Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center HQ 470.S3 .V459 1963 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000006502

The famous classical Indian analysis of physical love and its place in the life of the well-rounded man and woman is one of the landmarks not only of Indian literature, but of human civilization. It is frank and explicit in its descriptions, but highly moral in tone and beautifully poetic in manner of expression. Long a forbidden work, it is an indispensable key to the understanding of Indian civilization, as well as a delightful clasic of world literature. The present edition contains the complete text of the original. --Back cover of the book

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