Kama Sutra

Author: Chaturvedi BadrinathPublisher: Roli BooksYear: Language: EnglishPages: 156ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174360824 DescriptionThis book takes a contemporary look at the Kama Sutra. Rare miniatures, gouache and tantric paintings and sculptures on ivory panels from the renowned archives of Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK, are published for the first time. Other works - suffused with the erotic - are selected from Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Werner Forman Archive, London, UK and the collection of Lance Dane. The introduction by Chaturvedi Badrinath guides the reader towards the appropriate mindset required to imbibe the magic of the text. Sage Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is an ancient treatise on man-woman relationships. Through written over 2000 years ago, its relevance is perennial, since, of all life's expressions, sexual gratification remains one of the most fundamental. The Kama Sutra examines the life force or Prana of which the physical and the spiritu