Kamasutra of Vatsyayana

Kamasutra of Vätsyāyana is the first available work in Indian tradition on sex and love and social issues related to these. It is a scientific work of encyclopedic nature. There is no other work in Sanskrit presenting such comprehensive documentation on sexual behaviour, lifestyles, sports and festivals as prevailing in different regions of this vast peninsula in ancient times. An edition of the complete text of Kamasutra with an authentic English translation has been in need for the past two centuries. The present edition has been prepared by Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi, a reputed scholar of Sahityaśāstra and  Nätyaśāstra, to meet this long-standing requirement.

The present volume is divided into three parts. The first part presents the complete study of Kamasutra. In this erudite and extensive introduction, Prof. Tripathi has traced the origin of the tradition of Kamasutra on Vedas and Upanişads and has presented an analysis of the contents of Kamasutra along with the holistic approach and worldview of Vātsyāyana, as well as his scientific perspective. In the second part, the text has been edited on the basis of various printed editions. Readings at a number of places have been corrected and readings accepted by Yaśödhara and other commentators have been noted. References from Arthasastra, Smrtis, and other texts have been given here for comparison. notes on the text. An index of proper names, technical terms, and topics from the text of Kamasutra has been added with equivalents in English.