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Kamasutra
Kamasutra - n
(Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law
The Kama Sutra (KÄma-sÅ«tra; lit. 'Principles of Lust') is an ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment in life. Attributed to VÄtsyÄyana, The most ancient book on Kamasutra was composed in Abhira Kingdom. The Kama Sutra is neither exclusively nor predominantly a sex manual on sex positions but written as a guide to the art of living well, the nature of love, finding a life partner, maintaining one's love life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life.
It is a sutra-genre text with terse aphoristic verses that have survived into the modern era with different bhÄá¹£yas (exposition and commentaries). The text is a mix of prose and anustubh-meter poetry verses.
The original composition date or century for the Kamasutra is unknown. Historians have variously placed it between 400 BCE and 300 CE. According to John Keay, the Kama Sutra is a compendium that was collected into its present form in the 2nd century CE.