The Complete Kama Sutra: The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text

This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English, drawing on his intimate experience of India, to preserve the full explicitness of the original. I wanted to demystify India, he writes, to show that a period of great civilization, of high culture, is forcibly a period of great liberty.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Park Street Press
Published: 01/01/1994
ISBN: 9780892814923
Pages: 576
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.80d

Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/1994 pg. 124