The Bare Essentials of the Kama Sutra Book

Article by Is This it Models Review.

The Kama Sutra Book contains 35 chapters, organized into 7 parts, each of which are written by individual experts in the respective fields.

The following is the organization of the Kama Sutra Book as translated by Sir Richard Burton:

PART I : Book Kama SutraIntroduction (4 chapters) – on love in general, its place in a man’s life, and a classification of women.

  • CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER II. ON THE ACQUISITION OF DHARMA, ARTHA AND KAMA
  • CHAPTER III. 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 MESSENGERS

PART II: Book Kama SutraOn Sexual Union (10 chapters) – an in-depth discussion of kissing, various types of foreplay, orgasm, a list of sex positions, oral sex, paraphilia, and ménage à trois.

  • 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 OF 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 III: Book Kama Sutra

About the Acquisition of a Wife (5 chapters) – courtship and marriage.

  • CHAPTER I. ON MARRIAGE
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  • 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 THEREBY. 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 IV: Book Kama Sutra

About a Wife (2 chapters) – proper conduct of 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
    • ON THAT OF A YOUNGER WIFE TOWARDS THE ELDER ONES
    • ON THE CONDUCT OF A VIRGIN WIDOW RE-MARRIED
    • OF A WIFE DISLIKED BY HER HUSBAND
    • OF THE WOMEN IN THE KING’S HAREM
    • ON THE CONDUCT OF A HUSBAND TOWARDS MANY WIVES

PART V: Kama Sutra BookAbout the Wives of Other People (6 chapters) – mainly seduction.

  • 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
    • 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 OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE’S OWN WIFE

PART VI: Kama Sutra Book

About Courtesans (6 chapters). 

  • 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
    • 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
    • OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS

PART VII: Kama Sutra Book

On the Means of Attracting Others to Oneself (2 chapters).

  • CHAPTER I.
    • ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT
    • ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS
    • ON TONIC MEDICINES
  • CHAPTER II. OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES