Table of Contents

Preface [de Richard Burton]

Introduction [de Richard Burton]

Part 1:
The Vatsyayana Sutra

Chapter I. Introductory Preface: Salutation to Dharma, Artha and Kama

Chapter II. On the Acquisition of Dharma, Artha and Kama

Chapter II. On the Arts and Sciences to Be Studied

Chapter IV. The Life of a Citizen

Chapter V. About the Kinds of Women Resorted to by the Citizens, and of Friends and Mes-sengers

Part 2 :
On Sexual Union

Chapter I. Kinds of Sexual Union According to Dimensions, Force of Desire or Passion, Time

Chapter II. Of the Embrace

Chapter III. On Kissing

Chapter IV. On Pressing, or Marking, or Scratching with the Nails

Chapter V. On Biting, and the Means to be Employed with Regard to Women of Different Countries

Chapter VI. Of the Different Ways of Lying Down, and Various Kinds of Congress

Chapter VII. Of the Various Modes of Striking, and of the Sounds Appropriate to Them

Chapter VIII. About Women Acting the Part of a Man; and the Work of a Man

Chapter IX. Of the Auparishtaka or Mouth Congress

Chapter X. 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 I. On Marriage

Chapter II. Of Creating Confidence in the Girl

Chapter III. On Courtship, and the Manifestation of the Feelings by Outward Signs and Deeds

Chapter IV. About Things to be done only by the Man, and the Acquisition of the Girl There-by. Also What Is to be done by a Girl to Gain over a Man, and Subject Him to Her

Chapter V. On Certain Forms of Marriage

Part 4:
About a Wife

Chapter I. On the Manner of Living of a Virtuous Woman, and of Her Behaviour During the Absence of Her Husband

Chapter II. 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 lastly on the Conduct of a Husband to-wards Many Wives

Part 5:
About the Wives of Other Men

Chapter I. 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 II. About Making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the Efforts to gain her over

Chapter III. Examination of the State of a Woman’s Mind

Chapter IV. About the Business of a Go-Between

Chapter V. About the Love of Persons in Authority for the Wives of Other Men

Chapter VI. About the Women in the Royal Harem; and of the Keeping of One’s Own Wife

Part 6:
About Courtesans

Introductory Remarks [de Richard Burton]

Chapter I. 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 II. Of Living like a Wife

Chapter III. 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 IV. About Re-Union with a Former Lover

Chapter V. Of Different Kinds of Gain

Chapter VI. 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 I. On Personal Adornment; On Subjugating the Hearts of Others; And on Tonic Medicines

Chapter II. Of the Ways of Exciting Desire, and Miscellaneous Experiments, and Recipes

Concluding Remarks
[de Richard Burton]