Vatsyayana creator Lamairesse 1817-1898 text utu 2005 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Théologie hindoue. Le Kama soutra." by Vātsyāyana is an ancient Sanskrit text composed between 400 BCE and 300 CE. This work explores sexuality, eroticism, and emotional fulfillment within Hindu philosophy's framework of life goals. Far more than a manual on sexual positions, it guides readers through courtship, love's nature, maintaining relationships, social arts, and pleasure as a legitimate pursuit. Written in terse aphoristic verses, the text distills wisdom from earlier manuscripts and presents a philosophy of desire—what triggers it, sustains it, and when it serves human flourishing within a meaningful life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Release date is 2005-01-05 Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) Original publication data not identified Love Sexual intercourse Sex HQ Original publication data not identified 43033904 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14609 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14609 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133337.0 14609