About the Book

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.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 576 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Park Street Press (Jan. 31st, 1994)

ISBN-10: 0892814926

ISBN-13: 9780892814923

Dimensions: 6.37 x 9.31 x 2.12 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.07 lbs

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