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    <![CDATA[Kama Sutra]]>
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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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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1965</read_at>
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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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