![]() ![]() ![]() Of these, the Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh is a UNESCO world heritage site. The Kamasutra has influenced many secondary texts that followed after the 4th-century CE, as well as the Indian arts as exemplified by the pervasive presence Kama-related reliefs and sculpture in old Hindu temples. It is a much-translated work in Indian and non-Indian languages. The text is one of many Indian texts on Kama Shastra. The majority of the book is about the philosophy and theory of love, what triggers desire, what sustains it, and how and when it is good or bad. Its chapters discuss methods for courtship, training in the arts to be socially engaging, finding a partner, flirting, maintaining power in a married life, when and how to commit adultery, sexual positions, and other topics. The text acknowledges the Hindu concept of Purusharthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the proper goals of life. The text is a mix of prose and anustubh-meter poetry verses. It is a sutra-genre text with terse aphoristic verses that have survived into the modern era with different bhasya (exposition and commentaries). Kamasutra is the oldest surviving Hindu text on erotic love. We had added almost 480,00 words in our long summary. We have tried to annotate this book by writing a summary at the end of the book. ![]()
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