The Kama Sutra (Penguin Popular Classics) - Softcover

Mallanaga Vātsyāyana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140622535 ISBN 13: 9780140622539

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

The 1964 publication of Sir Richard Burton's translation of the "Kama Sutra" was celebrated as a literary event of the highest importance. As vital to an understanding of ancient Indian civilisation as the works of Plato and Aristotle are to the West, the "Kama Sutra" has endured for 1,700 years as an indisputable classic of world literature. Written with frankness and unassuming candour, the "Kama Sutra" remains one of the most readable of all the classics of antiquity. A work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry and sexology, it is an indispensable key to understanding Indian culture.

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From the Inside Flap:

Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of "The Kama Sutra remains one of the best English interpretations of this early Indian treatise on politics, social customs, love, and intimacy. Its crisp style set a new standard for Sanskrit translation.
"The Kama Sutra stands uniquely as a work of psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, and sexology. It has been a celebrated classic of Indian literature for 1,700 years and a window for the West into the culture and mysticism of the East.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative text of Sir Richard F. Burton's 1883 translation.

From the Back Cover:

“[The Kama Sutra is] tender, sage, and domestic.” —Fawn M. Brodie

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140622535
• ISBN 13: 9780140622539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208