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THE KAMA SUTRA

OF VATSYAYANA.

TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSCRIT.

In Seven Parts,

WITH

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION,

AND

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

Reprint:

Cosmopoli: MDCCCLXXXIII: for the Kama Shastra Society of

London and Benares, and for private circulation only.

DEDICATED

TO THAT SMALL PORTION OF THE BRITISH PUBLIC

WHICH TAKES ENLIGHTENED INTEREST IN

STUDYING THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

OF THE OLDEN EAST.

PREFACE.

In the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is considered the standard work on love in