The Kama Sutra

One of the best English translations of this ancient Indian treatise on politics social mores love and intimacy are the Kama Sutra which Mallanaga Vatsyayana wrote in the second century CE. Its clean presentation raised the bar for Sanskrit translation. The Kama Sutra is a unique combination of sexology society psychology. It has been hailed as a great work of Indian literature for more than 1700 years and has served as a window for the West into the mysticism and culture of the East. The Kama Sutra a prehistoric Indian literature is regarded as the most important Sanskrit study of human sexuality. The Kama Sutra remains one of the most accessible and entertaining of all the ancient classics having been written with frankness and unassuming simplicity. The Kama Sutra is so significant as a work of philosophy psychology sociology theology science and sexology that it simultaneously had an impact on Indian civilization and remained a crucial component in understanding it.