I had the assistance of a Commentary called 'Jayamangla' for correcting the portion in the first five parts, but found great difficulty in correcting the remaining portion, because, with the exception of one copy thereof which was tolerably correct, all the other copies I had were far too incorrect. The following is the certificate of the chief pundit:'The accompanying manuscript is corrected by me after comparing four different copies of the work. Tamil Book Pdf DownloadĬopies having been obtained, they were then compared with each other, and with the aid of a Commentary called 'Jayamangla' a revised copy of the entire manuscript was prepared, and from this copy the English translation was made. The copy of the manuscript obtained in Bombay was defective, and so the pundits wrote to Benares, Calcutta and Jeypoor for copies of the manuscript from Sanscrit libraries in those places. Naturally questions were asked who the sage was, and the pundits replied that Vatsya was the author of the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, that no Sanscrit library was complete without his work, and that it was most difficult now to obtain in its entire state. The sage Vatsya was of this opinion, or of that opinion.

While translating with the pundits the 'Anunga Runga, or the stage of love', reference was frequently found to be made to one Vatsya. Excerpt:IT may be interesting to some persons to learn how it came about that Vatsyayana was first brought to light and translated into the English language. It also documents the sociology of sex in India eighteen centuries ago. This is one of the first systematic studies of human sexual behavior in world literature.

The bulk of the translation was performed by an Indian archaeologist, Bhagvanlal Indraji and civil servant Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, with the assistance of a student, Shivaram Pashuram Bhide. Although Burton published this, the most widely known English translation, he was not the author of the translation, although he did provide footnotes and the introduction.

It was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana in the 2nd century CE. Stories Discover Categories Issuu Store.īook: The Kama Sutra of VatsyayanaAuthor:Format: Global Grey free PDF, epub, Kindle ebookPages (PDF): 183Publication Date: 1883 Summary:The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text which is considered the primary Sanskrit work on human sexuality. Free Tamil Books, Tamil PDF books collection for download. Tamil PDF books collection for download -om. The easiest way to upload, download and host files.

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