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The text is one of many Indian texts on Kama Shastra. [12] It is a much-translated work in Indian and non-Indian languages, and has influenced many secondary texts that followed since the 4th-century CE, as well as the Indian arts as exemplified by the pervasive presence of Kama-related reliefs and sculpture in old Hindu temples.
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The Kama Sutra is an ancient text dealing with kama or desire (of all kinds), which in Hindu thought is one of the four normative and spiritual goals of life. The Kama Sutra is the earliest extant and most important work in the Kama Shastra tradition of Sanskrit literature .
“This position gives direct stimulation to the clitoris and several other erogenous zones at the same time,” Berkehimer says. How to do it: One partner will lie down, flat on their back.
Kama should be followed with thought, care, caution and enthusiasm, just like farming or any other life pursuit. [27] Vatsyayana's book the Kama Sutra, in parts of the world, is presumed or depicted as a synonym for creative sexual positions; in reality, only 20% of Kama Sutra is about sexual positions.
Kama (left) with Rati on a temple wall of Chennakesava Temple, Belur. Holi is a Hindu festival, celebrated in the Indian subcontinent. It is sometimes called Madana-Mahotsava [47] or Kama-Mahotsava. [48] [49] This festival is mentioned by Jaimini, in his early writings such as Purvamimamsa-sutra, dated c. 400 BC. [48]
The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-06217-5. Rabe, Michael (2001). David Gordon White (ed.). Tantra in Practice. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 442– 443. ISBN 978-81-208-1778-4. White, David Gordon (2003). Kiss of the Yogini: "Tantric Sex" in its South Asian Contexts. University of Chicago Press.
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