| The Kama Sutra contains a total of 64 sexual positions and depicts positions as arts. Vatsyayana believed there were eight ways of making love, multiplied by eight positions within each of these. In the book, they are known as the 64 Arts. The chapter listing sexual positions is the best-known, and a translation (different from Burton's) is in wide circulation on the Internet. This chapter was pirated from the 1980 translation of Indra Sinha and first appeared on the internet server wiretap.spies in the late 80s. It is commonly mistaken to be the entirety of the Sutra. |
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| However, only about 20 percent of the book is devoted to sexual positions. The remainder gives guidance on how to be a good citizen and insights into men and women in relationships. The Kama Sutra describes making love as "divine union". Vatsyayana believed that sex itself was not wrong, but doing it frivolously was sinful. The Kama Sutra has helped people enjoy the art of sex at a deeper level and can be considered a technical guide to sexual enjoyment, as well as providing insight into the sexual mores and practices of India in those times. |
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| The Kama Sutra has a total of 64 sexual positions and depicts these positions as arts. the chapter listing these positions is the most widely known and often mistaken for the whole of the Sutra. |
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| Vatsyayana, the author of the Kama Sutra, held the belief that there were eight basic postions, multiplied by eight with each one of these. |
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| They are known as the 64 arts. |
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| Only around 20% of the book is devoted to these positions. |
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| The majority of the book is actually a guide to being a good citizen and provides insights to men and women in relationships |
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