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Durba Mitra, PhD is an assistant professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Harvard University, and author of Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought.

Other techniques of foreplay and sexual intimacy described in the kamasutra include various forms of holding and embraces ( grahana, upaguhana), mutual massage and rubbing ( mardana), pinching and biting, using fingers and hands to stimulate ( karikarakrida, nadi-kshobana, anguli-pravesha), three styles of jihva-pravesha ( french kissing), and many styles of fellatio and cunnlingus. [82] Adultery The first on acceptable social behavior in public – dealing with work, leisure, and how to meet women. The Kama Sutra is best known as a manual of sex positions –and there is certainly a great deal of information about sexual acts and positions, and even how to attract the interest of a woman. Mention is also made of bisexual relations, early BDSM practices, and even group sex. What To Do When Boredom Sets In In Sanskrit, sutra literally means “thread” but also refers to a “text.” Kama variously means “desire, pleasure, love, or sex” and is the name of the god of erotic love. Together, Kama Sutra translates to “Teachings on Desire.”

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The text places a lot of importance on the pleasures of sex and the various sex acts – understanding that a good and healthy sex life is a sign of a happy marriage and partnership. Alternative Lifestyles Instead, the author painstakingly broke down men and women into categories – for example, based on their libido, indicating which matches would be evenly balanced and which might end up in strife, such as if a woman with a high libido ended up with a man who had a lower sex drive. Public women [prostitution], their life, what to expect and not, how to find them, regional practices, guarding and respecting them

The original set of texts that became known as Kama Sutra"were actually about everything from urban living to statecraft, from perfumes to gardens," Mitra says. The "distortion" of the book happened "in part because the first edition of Kama Sutra in English was done by colonial enthusiast—and Orientalist—Richard Burton in the late nineteenth century," she explains.a b Wendy Doniger (2016). Redeeming the Kamasutra. Oxford University Press. pp.13–14. ISBN 978-0-19-049928-0. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019 . Retrieved 20 November 2018. a] Daud Ali (2011). "Rethinking the History of the "Kāma" World in Early India". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 39 (1): 1–13. doi: 10.1007/s10781-010-9115-7. JSTOR 23884104. ;

a b c Vatsyayana; SC Upadhyaya (transl) (1965). Kama sutra of Vatsyayana Complete translation from the original Sanskrit. DB Taraporevala (Orig publication year: 1961). pp.12–13. OCLC 150688197. a] A. Sharma (1982), The Puruṣārthas: a study in Hindu axiology, Michigan State University, ISBN 978-99936-24-31-8, pp 9–12; See review by Frank Whaling in Numen, Vol. 31, 1 (Jul., 1984), pp. 140–142; Burton "wanted to create a fantasy for his English-speaking audience by portraying people of the East as hypersexual and unchanging, without history," notes Mitra. But, she adds, "Unfortunately, people still use these reductive, racist ideas to think about Indian sexuality in the past and present."a b J. A. B. Van Buitenen, Dharma and Moksa, Philosophy East and West, Vol. 7, No. 1/2 (Apr. - Jul., 1957), pp 33–40 Wendy Doniger (2016). Redeeming the Kamasutra. Oxford University Press. p.16. ISBN 978-0-19-049928-0. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019 . Retrieved 20 November 2018. The text stresses the importance of sexual intercourse as a measured expression of consensual love between male and female and prohibits ‘unrestrained’ sex with women who are not willing. Intercourse, the book counsels, should follow thought and even discussion beforehand. Kissing, where to kiss and how, teasing each other and games, signals and hints for the other person, cleanliness, taking care of teeth, hair, body, nails, physical non-sexual forms of intimacy (scratching, poking, biting, slapping, holding her)

Carroll, Janell (2009). Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity. Cengage Learning. p.7. ISBN 978-0-495-60274-3. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 . Retrieved 15 November 2015.Rocher, Ludo (1985). "The Kāmasūtra: Vātsyāyana's Attitude toward Dharma and Dharmaśāstra". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 105 (3): 521–529. doi: 10.2307/601526. JSTOR 601526. Puri, Jyoti (2002). "Concerning Kamasutras: Challenging Narratives of History and Sexuality". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. University of Chicago Press. 27 (3): 614–616. doi: 10.1086/337937. S2CID 143809154. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022 . Retrieved 18 March 2021. Wendy Doniger (2016). Redeeming the Kamasutra. Oxford University Press. pp.39–140. ISBN 978-0-19-049928-0. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019 . Retrieved 20 November 2018.