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The Kama Sutra
The Kama Sutra | Vatsyayana
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The Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by the Indian scholar Vatsyayana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sex. Kama means sensual or sexual pleasure, and sutra are the guidlines of yoga, the word itself means thread in Sanskrit. The Kama Sutra is the oldest and most notable of a group of texts known generically as Kama Shastra). Traditionally, the first transmission of Kama Shastra or "Discipline of Kama" is attributed to Nandi the sacred bull, Shiva s doorkeeper, who was moved to sacred utterance by overhearing the lovemaking of the god and his wife Parvati and later recorded his utterances for the benefit of mankind.
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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
The Kama Sutra | Vatsyayana
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Thanks for the tag, @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm

1. All of the islands! I follow an obscene amount of travel accounts on Instagram and want to go everywhere: Santorini, Capri, Maldives, Mallorca, Ireland, Samoa, etc...
2. CRZ's Cemetery of Forgotten Books series would be sure to please upon reread; some sexy romances ; beach reads; and do I say the Kama Sutra to be a little cheeky!? 🤣

@TheSpineView #two4tuesday If you haven't played, tag!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 2y
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violettemeier
Illustrated Kama Sutra | Richard Burton, Vatsyayana
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My next read.

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TimSpalding
The Kama Sutra | Vatsyayana
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Deaccessioning. “Special collector‘s edition includes explicit photographs” of fairly modern-looking women and 1970s men with big 1970s mustaches. Was kitsch when I bought it, I promise. #cataloging

laurieluna I can only imagine the sorts of images in a 1970s version of this 😂🙈 6y
TimSpalding They also have NO relationship to the text. Zero. People who haven‘t read the Kama Sutra think it‘s something it isn‘t... 6y
julesG 😂😂😂😂 6y
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Lizpixie
The Kama Sutra | Vatsyayana
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Guess what my next Folio purchase will be🤭 Can‘t wait to see what the illustrations look like! #foliofreak #orjustafreak #letyourfreakflagfly

Erinsuereads Everything about this is 🔥🔥🔥. Good hashtag work! 6y
Cathythoughts Sounds exotic & very interesting 💫👍🏻 6y
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MCYmermaid
The Kama Sutra | Vatsyayana
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Fascinated by the person not only reading The Kama Sutra at the DMV, but also taking notes...

MicrobeMom 😂😂😂 7y
britt_brooke 😆👏🏻 7y
Bookwitchery While wearing house slippers, no less. 😂 7y
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raeintheworld That girl is the queen of not giving a bleep. I love her. 7y
GondorGirl My hero! 😂 7y
rather_be_reading 😂😂 6y
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PagesOfKate
The Kama Sutra | Vatsyayana
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I don't think this needs too much explanation!
#hotbooks #Riotgrams

Zelma Beautiful design but definitely #LitsyAfterDark if you look too closely. 😳😂 7y
LeahBergen How acrobatic. 😆😆 7y
julesG And an aubergine dish next to it. 😁😁😁 7y
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PagesOfKate @julesG I've always thought of myself as a particularly subtle person 😃 7y
BarbaraBB @julesG 😂😂 7y
Moray_Reads 😂😂😂 brilliant! 7y
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The Kama Sutra summed up: it's basically just a guide to forming and maintaining romantic relationships. Only one part of it is about the sexual aspect of relationships, s2g.

Reading a 2000 year old relationship advice book as an asexual genderqueer person is definitely a weird experience. But 1) for what it is, and 2) its long-lasting legacy, I would give it a pick. Not many books written two millennia before our time are still relevant today.

Alfoster Wowie👏👏👏👏😍! 7y
minkyb You make an excellent point! 7y
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My friend send me this wiki list about the timeline of South Asian and diasporic LGBT history, and the first point mentioned how gay sexual relations were discussed in the Kama Sutra. Wuttttttt??????

In an attempt to find the section to see how legit the claim was (it IS Wikipedia after all), I ended up reading the entire thing. The Kama Sutra. So. That's what happened with me today. Still a little embarrassed to add it on goodreads. 🙈

tournevis 👍👍👍 7y
AlaMich I guess there are worse ways to spend a day. 😉 7y
Christy2318 But you didn‘t tell us if it is a pick, so-so or a bail. 😆 7y
queerbookreader @Christy2318 I made a separate review!!! Almost got me 😝 7y
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erzascarletbookgasm
Kama Sutra Of Vatsyayana (Illustrated) | Translated By Sir Richard Burton & F.F. Arbuthonot
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Libby1 @erzascarletbookgasm 😂😂😂. Well, that is certainly artful! I love your little tastefully placed emojis. 7y
Laura317 Emojis are for more than just covering #Bitsy's bits! 😂😂 7y
batsy Hahaha, emoji placement is too cute 😆 7y
TricksyTails 😂 That cute emoji! 7y
LeahBergen 😂 7y
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