SEXUALITY IN THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA

The ancient Hindu literature on Kama (Love) is reviewed with reference to the early works on which the Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is based and the later works which follow it. Sexuality as described in the ancient treatise is considered under the heads of sexual foreplay, techniques of coitus, and...

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Autor principal: Somasundaram, O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927154
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spelling pubmed-31725432011-09-16 SEXUALITY IN THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA Somasundaram, O. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article The ancient Hindu literature on Kama (Love) is reviewed with reference to the early works on which the Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is based and the later works which follow it. Sexuality as described in the ancient treatise is considered under the heads of sexual foreplay, techniques of coitus, and genital oral sexuality and in the light of the modern researches. The relevance of the Kama Sutra to the present day is stressed. Medknow Publications 1986 /pmc/articles/PMC3172543/ /pubmed/21927154 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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