The Karma Sutra: A Process of Liberation

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Whether you're naturally dominant or just open to new experiences, become the queen of the kamasutra and take over your partner with 30 positions to lead the dance! David Shulman, a professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Religion, agrees with Doniger that the Burton translation is misguided and flawed. About a wife Chapters on conduct of the only wife and conduct of the chief wife and other wives (two chapters).

For you, this might involve exploring your erogenous zones or discovering different ways to bring yourself pleasure, such as learning to find and stimulate your G spot. In simpler terms, tantra is a pleasure-centric practice that encourages self-exploration and mindfulness. Sharma (1982), The Puruṣārthas: a study in Hindu axiology, Michigan State University, ISBN 978-99936-24-31-8, pp 9–12; See review by Frank Whaling in Numen, Vol.But if you or her have certain weight issues and you cannot really afford to try any wild stuff in bed, here are some of your options for different types of silhouettes. The Burton edition of the Kamasutra was illegal to publish in England and the United States till 1962. For each aspect of Kama, the Kamasutra presents a diverse spectrum of options and regional practices.

However, Burton's Kamasutra gave a unique, specific meaning to these words in the western imagination.Historian Burjor Avari has criticized Burton's translation as "inadequate," having had the result that the book gained a reputation in the West of being a pornographic work. Other techniques of foreplay and sexual intimacy described in the kamasutra include various forms of holding and embraces ( grahana, upaguhana), mutual massage and rubbing ( mardana), pinching and biting, using fingers and hands to stimulate ( karikarakrida, nadi-kshobana, anguli-pravesha), three styles of jihva-pravesha ( french kissing), and many styles of fellatio and cunnlingus.