Table of Contents

The Complete Illustrated Kama Sutra

Preface to Kama Sutra
Introduction to Kama Sutra
Book 1--General Principles
Study of the Shastras
Dharma, Artha, Kama
Study of Arts, Sciences
Man about Town
Nayikas and Messengers
Book 2--Love-Play and Sexual Union
Sexual Union
The Embrace
The Kiss
Pressing and Nail Marks
The Bite
Sexual Vigor and Intensity
Striking and Spontaneous Sounds
Donning the Male Role
Oral Congress
Beginning and End of Congress
Book 3--Courtship and Marriage
Betrothal and Marriage
Instilling Confidence in the Bride
Courting a Maid
Behavior of a Couple
Kinds of Marriage
Book 4--The Wife
Duties of a Wife
Senior and Junior Wives
Book 5--Seducing the Wives of Others
Characteristics of Men and Women
Getting Acquainted
Ascertaining Emotions
Duties of a Go-between
Behavior of a King
Conduct of Ladies of the Inner Court
Book 6--The Courtesan
Beguiling the Right Man
Living as his Wife
Acquiring Wealth
Reconciliation
Special Gains
Gains and Losses
Book 7--Secret Lore, Extraneous Stimulation, and Sexual Power
Beautifying the Body
Regarding Virility

About the Author

Lance Dane (1923–2012) was a writer, photographer, renowned scholar, and the founder of the Sanskriti Museum of Every Day Art in Delhi. He dedicated over five decades of his life to researching and archiving all aspects of the Kama Sutra and other pre-Vedic and Vedic classical erotica. His private collections of over 9,000 books on Indian art and architecture and his 300,000 archival photographs are housed in the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi. He lived in India for almost 6 decades.

Reviews

"Gives us the dazzling artwork from museums and private collections worldwide... fascinating...sex has not changed in over 2,000 years."
*Lois Mark Stalvey, Red Rock News, January 28, 2004*

"A new, gorgeously illustrated edition of the famous Hindu Classic."
*Erotic Review, Dec/Jan 2004, Issue 58*

"It is not, in fact, a pornographic work, but a book depicting the art of living for the civilized and refined citizen, finding its expression in the sphere of love, eroticism, and the sensual pleasures of life. . . . Rather than calling the Kama Sutra pornography and hiding it on the highest shelf of their bookcases, Western readers should see it as the expression of a refined, sophisticated people on the art of love."
*Audrey Chaix, Vulpes Libris, Jan 2010*