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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Part 1 - THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTORY PREFACE. SALUTATION TO DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
Chapter 2 - ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA.
Chapter 3 - ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO BE STUDIED.
Chapter 4 - THE LIFE OF A CITIZEN.
Chapter 5 - ABOUT THE KINDS OF WOMEN RESORTED TO BY THE CITIZENS, AND OF FRIENDS AND MESSENGERS.
Part 2 - OF SEXUAL UNION
Chapter 1 - KINDS OF UNION ACCORDING TO DIMENSIONS, FORCE OF DESIRE, AND TIME; AND ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE.
Chapter 2 - OF THE EMBRACE.
Chapter 3 - ON KISSING.
Chapter 4 - ON PRESSING, OR MARKING, OR SCRATCHING WITH THE NAILS.
Chapter 5 - ON BITING, AND THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH REGARD TO WOMEN OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
Chapter 6 - OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LYING DOWN, AND VARIOUS KINDS OF CONGRESS.
Chapter 7 - OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF STRIKING, AND OF THE SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO THEM.
Chapter 8 - ABOUT WOMEN ACTING THE PART OF A MAN; AND OF THE WORK OF A MAN.
Chapter 9 - OF THE AUPARISHTAKA OR MOUTH CONGRESS.
Chapter 10 - OF THE WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS.
Part 3 - ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.
Chapter 1 - ON MARRIAGE.
Chapter 2 - OF CREATING CONFIDENCE IN THE GIRL.
Chapter 3 - ON COURTSHIP, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FEELINGS BY OUTWARD SIGNS AND DEEDS.
Chapter 4 - ABOUT THINGS TO BE DONE ONLY BY THE MAN, AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE GIRL THEREBY. ALSO WHAT IS TO BE DONE BY A GIRL TO GAIN OVER A MAN, AND SUBJECT HIM TO HER.
Chapter 5 - ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE.
Part 4 - ABOUT A WIFE.
Chapter 1 - ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND.
Chapter 2 - ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ELDER WIFE TOWARDS THE OTHER WIVES OF HER HUSBAND, AND ON THAT OF A YOUNGER WIFE TOWARDS THE ELDER ONES. ALSO ON THE CONDUCT OF A VIRGIN WIDOW RE-MARRIED; OF A WIFE DISLIKED BY HER HUSBAND; OF THE WOMEN IN THE KING'S HAREM; AND
Part 5 - ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
Chapter 1 - OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN.—THE REASONS WHY WOMEN REJECT THE ADDRESSES OF MEN.—ABOUT MEN WHO HAVE SUCCESS WITH WOMEN, AND ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE EASILY GAINED OVER.
Chapter 2 - ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER.
Chapter 3 - EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN'S MIND.
Chapter 4 - ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN.
Chapter 5 - ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
Chapter 6 - ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE'S OWN WIFE.
Part 6 - ABOUT COURTESANS.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
Chapter 1 - OF THE CAUSES OF A COURTESAN RESORTING TO MEN; OF THE MEANS OF ATTACHING TO HERSELF THE MAN DESIRED; AND OF THE KIND OF MAN THAT IT IS DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH.
Chapter 2 - OF LIVING LIKE A WIFE.
Chapter 3 - OF THE MEANS OF GETTING MONEY. OF THE SIGNS OF THE CHANGE OF A LOVER'S FEELINGS, AND OF THE WAY TO GET RID OF HIM.
Chapter 4 - ABOUT RE-UNION WITH A FORMER LOVER.
Chapter 5 - OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN.
Chapter 6 - OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS.
Part 7 - ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.
Chapter 1 - ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES.
Chapter 2 - OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
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