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  <description><![CDATA[<p>A fully illustrated <em>Kama Sutra</em> from the extraordinary and rare art collection of Lance Dane <br/><br/>&#8226; The first complete translation to illustrate all 64 sexual postures described in the <em>Kama Sutra</em> <br/><br/>&#8226; Includes 269 rare images <br/><br/>&#8226;  Composed by one of the world&#8217;s foremost scholars of the <em>Kama Sutra</em> and Indian art <br/><br/>The erotic sentiments described in the Hindu love classic the <em>Kama Sutra</em> constitute the most famous work on sex ever created. Written almost 2,000 years ago, the Kama Sutra deals with all aspects of sexual life, including the principles and techniques of sexual pleasure and how to best achieve ecstatic expression of life&#8217;s beauty. </p><p>In this complete and illustrated guide Lance Dane accompanies the <em>Kama Sutra</em> text with 269 illustrations and great works of art that encompass coins, palm leaf manuscripts, sculptures, ancient toys, jewelry, architecture, ivory combs, birch bark, cloth, paintings, frescoes, and scrolls. Gathered from museums and private collections around the world&#8212;as well as the author&#8217;s own collection of over 300,000 photographs&#8212;these rare images clearly illustrate all 64 sexual positions and the erotic instructions set forth in the <em>Kama Sutra. </em>The result is a dazzling and sensuous reading experience through which the teachings of the <em>Kama Sutra</em> spring to life. </p>]]></description>
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    <![CDATA[IN the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating   especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points   of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is   considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, and which is called the   `Vatsyayana Kama Sutra', or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana.     While the introduction will deal with the evidence concerning the date of the writing, and   the commentaries written upon it, the chapters following the introduction will give a   translation of the work itself. It is, however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of   works of the same nature, prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsyayana   had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted   him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.     Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are procurable   in India:     The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love     The Panchasakya, or the five arrows     The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love     The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love     The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love     The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat in the   ocean of love.     The author of the `Secrets of Love' was a poet named Kukkoka. He composed his work to   please one Venudutta, who was perhaps a king. When writing his own name at the end of   each chapter he calls himself `Siddha patiya pandita', i.e. an ingenious man among learned   men. The work was translated into Hindi years ago, and in this the author's name was   written as Koka. And as the same name crept into all the translations into other languages   in India, the book became generally known, and the subject was popularly called Koka   Shastra, or doctrines of Koka, which is identical with the Kama Shastra, or doctrines of   love, and the words Koka Shastra and Kama Shastra are used indiscriminately.     The work contains nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into ten chapters, which are   called Pachivedas. Some of the things treated of in this work are not to be found in the   Vatsyayana, such as the four classes of women, the Padmini, Chitrini, Shankini and   Hastini, as also the enumeration of the days and hours on which the women of the   different classes become subject to love, The author adds that he wrote these things from   the opinions of Gonikaputra and Nandikeshwara, both of whom are mentioned by   Vatsyayana, but their works are not now extant. It is difficult to give any approximate idea   as to the year in which the work was composed. It is only to be presumed that it was   written after that of Vatsyayana, and previous to the other works on this subject that are   still extant. Vatsyayana gives the names of ten authors on the subject, all of whose works he   had consulted, but none of which are extant, and does not mention this one. This would   tend to show that Kukkoka wrote after Vatsya, otherwise Vatsya would assuredly have   mentioned him as an author in this branch of literature along with the others.     The author of the `Five Arrows' was one Jyotirisha. He is called the chief ornament of   poets, the treasure of the sixty-four arts, and the best teacher of the rules of music. He says   that he composed the work after reflecting on the aphorisms of love as revealed by the   gods, and studying the opinions of Gonikaputra, Muladeva, Babhravya, Ramtideva,   Nundikeshwara and Kshemandra. It is impossible to say whether he had perused all the   works of these authors, or had only heard about them; anyhow, none of them appear to be     in existence now. This work contains nearly six hundred verses, and is divided into five   chapters, called Sayakas or Arrows. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Don't believe the hype...I think I even pulled a hammy one night when we...well I won't divulge the details as we probably looked like a bunch of motards doped up on crack trying to install a satelite dish in a blizzard while trying to get our gutters free of debree.  Needless to say I still walk wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42461822">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English, drawing on his intimate experience of India, to preserve the full explicitness of the original. I wanted to demystify India, he writes, to show that a period of great civilization, of high culture, is forcibly a period of great liberty. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the complete original text and I found it interesting in the fact that the content wasn't what I thought it would be.  Most of the reading is outdated in the sense that it was written for the culture of that time.  For example, I skipped the chapters about how to acquire a wife and what shoul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16666047">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English, drawing on his intimate experience of India, to preserve the full explicitness of the original. I wanted to demystify India, he writes, to show that a period of great civilization, of high culture, is forcibly a period of great liberty. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[admittedly i did not read cover to cover, but i read enough to get a good sense. i was surprised to discover that much of it read like emily post's book of etiquette but for subjects such as kissing, scratching and biting (as in love play), how to behave toward the first wife if you are the second w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7636736">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Kama Sutra: The Hindu Art of Love-The Complete Translation of the Classic Texts on Romance, Courtship, Marriage, Love and Sex]]>
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    <![CDATA[Composed by Vatsyayana, the Kama Sutra explores sexuality as an integral part of human existence. Arguing that happiness &amp; moral duty (dharma) depend on elaborate social ritual to satisfy the essential needs of life, the Kama Sutra describes the practices, rituals &amp; lore of the erotic (kama) in human relations, both straight &amp; gay. The only truly authentic, complete translation from the ancient Sanskrit, this definitive &amp; beautifully designed edition places this enduring work in its true historical, cultural &amp; religious context as a celebration of courtship &amp; love. In addition to its famous catalog of positions or embraces, it features Vatsyayana's most edifying revelations on sexuality, women, marriage, pleasure &amp; more. A complete glossary of Sanskrit terms is included, as well as photographs of the famous 11th-century sculptures from the temple at Khajuraho.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, this is the best translation by the experts.  It reads like a dry history text and figuring out any useful information is rather wearing.  I suspect the Burton translation, while less reverent, is probably more useful.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA['When the wheel of sexual ecstasy is in full motion, there is no textbook at all &amp; no order.'  The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love.  It is about the art of living-- about finding a partner, maintaining power in a marriage, committing adultery, living as or with a courtesan, using drugs--&amp; also about the positions in sexual intercourse.  It was composed in Sanskrit, the literary language of ancient India, sometime in the third century CE.  It combines an encyclopaedic coverage of all imaginable aspects of sex with a closely observed sexual psychology &amp; a dramatic, novelistic narrative of seduction, consummation &amp; disentanglement.  Best known in English thru the highly mannered, padded &amp; inaccurate nineteenth-century translation of Sir Richard Burton, the text is presented here in an entirely new translation into clear, vivid, sexually frank English, together with three commentaries:  translated excerpts from the earliest &amp; most famous Sanskrit commentary (13th century) &amp; from a 20th-century Hindi commentary, &amp; explanatory notes by the two translators.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, I don't propose to claim that my reading is accurate, for it is not an intensive one, I admit, but, at least, I don't think devouring this ancient text is likely a waste of time. I would like to express some commentaries, which indeed I believe that many readers would not agree with me. I think ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34421607">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[IN the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating   especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points   of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is   considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, and which is called the   `Vatsyayana Kama Sutra', or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana.     While the introduction will deal with the evidence concerning the date of the writing, and   the commentaries written upon it, the chapters following the introduction will give a   translation of the work itself. It is, however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of   works of the same nature, prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsyayana   had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted   him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.     Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are procurable   in India:     The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love     The Panchasakya, or the five arrows     The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love     The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love     The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love     The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat in the   ocean of love.     The author of the `Secrets of Love' was a poet named Kukkoka. He composed his work to   please one Venudutta, who was perhaps a king. When writing his own name at the end of   each chapter he calls himself `Siddha patiya pandita', i.e. an ingenious man among learned   men. The work was translated into Hindi years ago, and in this the author's name was   written as Koka. And as the same name crept into all the translations into other languages   in India, the book became generally known, and the subject was popularly called Koka   Shastra, or doctrines of Koka, which is identical with the Kama Shastra, or doctrines of   love, and the words Koka Shastra and Kama Shastra are used indiscriminately.     The work contains nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into ten chapters, which are   called Pachivedas. Some of the things treated of in this work are not to be found in the   Vatsyayana, such as the four classes of women, the Padmini, Chitrini, Shankini and   Hastini, as also the enumeration of the days and hours on which the women of the   different classes become subject to love, The author adds that he wrote these things from   the opinions of Gonikaputra and Nandikeshwara, both of whom are mentioned by   Vatsyayana, but their works are not now extant. It is difficult to give any approximate idea   as to the year in which the work was composed. It is only to be presumed that it was   written after that of Vatsyayana, and previous to the other works on this subject that are   still extant. Vatsyayana gives the names of ten authors on the subject, all of whose works he   had consulted, but none of which are extant, and does not mention this one. This would   tend to show that Kukkoka wrote after Vatsya, otherwise Vatsya would assuredly have   mentioned him as an author in this branch of literature along with the others.     The author of the `Five Arrows' was one Jyotirisha. He is called the chief ornament of   poets, the treasure of the sixty-four arts, and the best teacher of the rules of music. He says   that he composed the work after reflecting on the aphorisms of love as revealed by the   gods, and studying the opinions of Gonikaputra, Muladeva, Babhravya, Ramtideva,   Nundikeshwara and Kshemandra. It is impossible to say whether he had perused all the   works of these authors, or had only heard about them; anyhow, none of them appear to be     in existence now. This work contains nearly six hundred verses, and is divided into five   chapters, called Sayakas or Arrows. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I give this a two star, almost one. Not Vatsyayana's best work. I found it somewhat anti-climatic in the middle, not to mention the lack of full disclosure, which as Chase mentioned, did lead to injury. I do, however, look forward to the sequel.<br/><br/>Not a must read. I find it somewhat similar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42735382">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Mallanaga Vātsyāyana is the name of an Indian philosopher in the Vedic tradition who lived some time in the Gupta period (4th to 6th centuries CE ). His name appears as the author of the Kama Sutra and of Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, the first commentary on Gotama's Nyāya Sutras. It is, however, unlikely that the same Vatsyayana authored both texts.<br/><br/>Vatsyayana was a son of a Brahmin scholar. Some speculate that his childhood was spent largely in the brothel, where his favorite aunt worked. There, Vatsyayana is said to have gained his first, indelible impressions of sexual artifice and the arousal of desire<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like most children, my brother and I knew where everything was in our house, paying particular attention to the things we weren't supposed to know about.  This book was contained in a shoebox in the closet of my parent's bedroom.<br/><br/>The Kama Sutra is commonly mismarketed as a sex guide or as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27661250">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>A fully illustrated <em>Kama Sutra</em> from the extraordinary and rare art collection of Lance Dane <br/><br/>&#8226; The first complete translation to illustrate all 64 sexual postures described in the <em>Kama Sutra</em> <br/><br/>&#8226; Includes 269 rare images <br/><br/>&#8226;  Composed by one of the world&#8217;s foremost scholars of the <em>Kama Sutra</em> and Indian art <br/><br/>The erotic sentiments described in the Hindu love classic the <em>Kama Sutra</em> constitute the most famous work on sex ever created. Written almost 2,000 years ago, the Kama Sutra deals with all aspects of sexual life, including the principles and techniques of sexual pleasure and how to best achieve ecstatic expression of life&#8217;s beauty. </p><p>In this complete and illustrated guide Lance Dane accompanies the <em>Kama Sutra</em> text with 269 illustrations and great works of art that encompass coins, palm leaf manuscripts, sculptures, ancient toys, jewelry, architecture, ivory combs, birch bark, cloth, paintings, frescoes, and scrolls. Gathered from museums and private collections around the world&#8212;as well as the author&#8217;s own collection of over 300,000 photographs&#8212;these rare images clearly illustrate all 64 sexual positions and the erotic instructions set forth in the <em>Kama Sutra. </em>The result is a dazzling and sensuous reading experience through which the teachings of the <em>Kama Sutra</em> spring to life. </p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[What do you get when you combine the classic, almost 2,000-year-old Indian treatise on the art of love with the most up-to-date paper-engineering techniques? <em>The Pop-Up Kama Sutra</em>!   <p>This lively distillation of the world's most famous sex guide features choice excerpts from the original text, translated in 1883 by the renowned explorer Sir Richard Burton, and is illustrated with vintage color plates from India. Best of all, six incredible pop-ups present the Kama Sutra's most interesting, instructive, and wildly acrobatic positions in three dimensions. More Bollywood than museum piece, this fun gift book adds a new dimension to the literature of lust and romance.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of text instead of instructional photos. But the interactive pop-ups aid in that area. Beautifully done and well constructed pop-ups...except the first one in my used copy is broken. :( Expect to learn some Indian culture. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Illustrated Kama Sutra : Ananga-Ranga and Perfumed Garden - The Classic Eastern Love Texts]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Sex is a good way to begin understanding another culture, just as it is a good way to begin understanding another individual,&quot; writes Charles Fowkes in his introduction to Sir Richard Burton's classic translation of the Eastern love texts. As many of the devotees of this popular book can attest, reading about the ancient sexual traditions of India is also a good way for contemporary readers to understand sex. Sir Burton, who is well known as the translator of <em>The 1001 Arabian Nights</em>, condensed the three ancient love manuals of India (<em>Kama Sutra</em>, <em>Ananga-Ranga</em>, and <em>Perfumed Garden</em>) into one book. What makes this a favorite of all the Kama Sutra titles are the unabashedly erotic texts and color illustrations from India, which offer specific suggestions, such as how to &quot;Milita&quot; kiss (the after-fight reconciliation kiss) as well as how to link a former life into current lovemaking. <em>--Gail Hudson</em> ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I finally get to read this book I will be able to let my imagination go wild for all the sex that I have not had in years and will probably never experience again. This is one of the down sides of being single, alone and 50.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Composed by Vatsyayana, the Kama Sutra explores sexuality as an integral part of human existence. Arguing that happiness &amp; moral duty (dharma) depend on elaborate social ritual to satisfy the essential needs of life, the Kama Sutra describes the practices, rituals &amp; lore of the erotic (kama) in human relations, both straight &amp; gay. The only truly authentic, complete translation from the ancient Sanskrit, this definitive &amp; beautifully designed edition places this enduring work in its true historical, cultural &amp; religious context as a celebration of courtship &amp; love. In addition to its famous catalog of positions or embraces, it features Vatsyayana's most edifying revelations on sexuality, women, marriage, pleasure &amp; more. A complete glossary of Sanskrit terms is included, as well as photographs of the famous 11th-century sculptures from the temple at Khajuraho.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was 15 expecting that it would be the written equivalent of watching the fuzz, steamy, interesting, and worth staying up till 1:00 am to see.  The Library version of Kama Sutra I checked out devoid of any pictures delivered a decorum guide on: sexual positions, devirginizing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37494647">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Kama Sutra: The Hindu Art of Love-The Complete Translation of the Classic Texts on Romance, Courtship, Marriage, Love and Sex]]>
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    <![CDATA[Composed by Vatsyayana, the Kama Sutra explores sexuality as an integral part of human existence. Arguing that happiness &amp; moral duty (dharma) depend on elaborate social ritual to satisfy the essential needs of life, the Kama Sutra describes the practices, rituals &amp; lore of the erotic (kama) in human relations, both straight &amp; gay. The only truly authentic, complete translation from the ancient Sanskrit, this definitive &amp; beautifully designed edition places this enduring work in its true historical, cultural &amp; religious context as a celebration of courtship &amp; love. In addition to its famous catalog of positions or embraces, it features Vatsyayana's most edifying revelations on sexuality, women, marriage, pleasure &amp; more. A complete glossary of Sanskrit terms is included, as well as photographs of the famous 11th-century sculptures from the temple at Khajuraho.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fallocentric classic on how to woe a woman, providing interesting insights into traditional roles of men and women in India. Some stuff still works, other stuff's outdated in courting.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English, drawing on his intimate experience of India, to preserve the full explicitness of the original. I wanted to demystify India, he writes, to show that a period of great civilization, of high culture, is forcibly a period of great liberty. ]]>
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    <![CDATA[IN the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating   especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points   of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is   considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, and which is called the   `Vatsyayana Kama Sutra', or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana.     While the introduction will deal with the evidence concerning the date of the writing, and   the commentaries written upon it, the chapters following the introduction will give a   translation of the work itself. It is, however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of   works of the same nature, prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsyayana   had passed away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted   him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.     Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are procurable   in India:     The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love     The Panchasakya, or the five arrows     The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love     The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love     The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love     The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat in the   ocean of love.     The author of the `Secrets of Love' was a poet named Kukkoka. He composed his work to   please one Venudutta, who was perhaps a king. When writing his own name at the end of   each chapter he calls himself `Siddha patiya pandita', i.e. an ingenious man among learned   men. The work was translated into Hindi years ago, and in this the author's name was   written as Koka. And as the same name crept into all the translations into other languages   in India, the book became generally known, and the subject was popularly called Koka   Shastra, or doctrines of Koka, which is identical with the Kama Shastra, or doctrines of   love, and the words Koka Shastra and Kama Shastra are used indiscriminately.     The work contains nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into ten chapters, which are   called Pachivedas. Some of the things treated of in this work are not to be found in the   Vatsyayana, such as the four classes of women, the Padmini, Chitrini, Shankini and   Hastini, as also the enumeration of the days and hours on which the women of the   different classes become subject to love, The author adds that he wrote these things from   the opinions of Gonikaputra and Nandikeshwara, both of whom are mentioned by   Vatsyayana, but their works are not now extant. It is difficult to give any approximate idea   as to the year in which the work was composed. It is only to be presumed that it was   written after that of Vatsyayana, and previous to the other works on this subject that are   still extant. Vatsyayana gives the names of ten authors on the subject, all of whose works he   had consulted, but none of which are extant, and does not mention this one. This would   tend to show that Kukkoka wrote after Vatsya, otherwise Vatsya would assuredly have   mentioned him as an author in this branch of literature along with the others.     The author of the `Five Arrows' was one Jyotirisha. He is called the chief ornament of   poets, the treasure of the sixty-four arts, and the best teacher of the rules of music. He says   that he composed the work after reflecting on the aphorisms of love as revealed by the   gods, and studying the opinions of Gonikaputra, Muladeva, Babhravya, Ramtideva,   Nundikeshwara and Kshemandra. It is impossible to say whether he had perused all the   works of these authors, or had only heard about them; anyhow, none of them appear to be     in existence now. This work contains nearly six hundred verses, and is divided into five   chapters, called Sayakas or Arrows. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Briefly browsed thru this as it was more for seeing what I have not done.. lol! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My interest in this book was aroused by the hullabaloo sparked off by an Indian movie of the same name. I was wondering why, as a Buddhist, I had never heard of this sutra before. Determined not to remain an ignoramus, I got my hands on a copy, only to find out that this classic has got nothing to d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1095964">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[No way in hell could I hold let alone perform in over half of those positions!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Way more boring than I thought it was going to be.]]></body>
    
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