Karma Sutra Book

Who does not know of this book?  Yes, people have not actually read a copy of book for it, despite it being one of the most translated scriptures.  But nevertheless it finds recognition as its content and concept have been published more than enough, even tweaked and re-invented by a lot of magazines all over the world. 

Karma Sutra is interesting. But is it really just sex positions and rather sensual demonstration of how couples go about copulating?  Perhaps, people should read more of it in the actual book cover.

Karma Sutra has found a number of alternative spellings as Kamasutra and Kamasutram, among many others.  It is an ancient Indian text written by the now famous scholar, Mallanaga Vatsyayana.  The book basically delineates human sexual behaviors, practical advices about it, sexual courtesies, and largely prose, verses and aphorisms – making the literary piece that it is. 

The book has 36 chapters, 7 parts, and 1250 verses according to the translations of Burton and Doniger.  Their original translation that made it that popular as it is now is rather attributed to the “Discipline of Kama” wherein the sacred bull and the god's doorkeeper, Nandi, overheard the lovemaking of Shiva and his wife, Parvarti, and has made it to himself to record these for the benefit of mortals.  

It starts off an introduction of the three important priorities of life: knowledge, conduct of a good townsman, conduct of a man to his lover.  It then leads to a rather artistic depiction of the sexual union. 

This is the highly regarded part of the book as it portrays the stimulation of desires through caresses, kisses, embraces, moans and the rest of the games of love. 

A depiction of the sex positions, although they were not originally with illustrative images that we know of them now. 

The scripture eventually leads on to detail the important things as erotic practices, courtesies to a wife, as well as achieving that sexual power in the confines of that union. 

Interesting thing about the Kama Sutra book is that it basically necessitates the enjoyment of the appropriate things through the use of the five senses, bringing together the mind and the soul with it to achieve that pleasure.  These are told of course in a rather interesting and sensual way.

It drives to make people understand that sex is not just a need, nor is it just an obligation.  There is art to it, and more so, spirituality to reach that ultimate nirvana in such copulation. 

Yes, there is more to Karma Sutra than sexual positions.  Sure, these publication and magazines understand the basic idea that sex sells.  But to give justice to the book itself, one has to understand the philosophies behind it, as the virtuous living, material prosperity, aesthetic and erotic pleasure, and liberation.