Kama Sutra
See also: Kamasutra
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit कामसूत्र (kā́ma-sūtra).
Proper noun
editthe Kama Sutra
- A Sanskrit treatise (sutra) setting forth rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu law.
- 2018, Scott Christianson, Colin Salter, 100 Books that Changed the World, Batsford Books, →ISBN:
- Little is known about the Kama Sutra’s author, Vatsyayana, who claimed to be a celibate monk who had compiled all of the accumulated sexual knowledge from several previous authors as a form of his own meditation and contemplation of the deity.
Translations
editSanskrit treatise
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Portuguese
editProper noun
edit- Kama Sutra (Sanskrit treatise)
Romanian
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editSwedish
editProper noun
editKama Sutra c (genitive Kama Sutras)
See also
edit- sexställning (“sex position”)
References
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