Vatsyayana

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Vatsyayana

Best known as the author traditionally linked to the Kama Sutra, this ancient Indian writer is remembered less as a provocateur than as a careful observer of love, social life, and human relationships.

2 Audiobooks

Théologie hindoue. Le Kama soutra.

Théologie hindoue. Le Kama soutra.

by Vatsyayana

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks

by Vatsyayana

About the author

Very little is known for certain about Vatsyayana's life, and even basic details such as his dates remain uncertain. He is generally placed in ancient India and is traditionally credited with the Kama Sutra, a Sanskrit work that brings together earlier ideas about desire, courtship, marriage, and social conduct.

Although the Kama Sutra is often reduced to its erotic sections, the book is much broader in scope. It treats kama—pleasure or desire—as one part of a larger life, alongside duty and material well-being, which helps explain why Vatsyayana has remained such an influential and widely discussed figure.

Because reliable biographical evidence is so limited, Vatsyayana is best approached through his legacy rather than through a detailed life story. His name endures through a work that has been read, translated, debated, and reinterpreted for centuries.