Complete Illustrated Kama Sutra

Lance Dane (1923–2012) was a writer, photographer, renowned scholar, and the founder of the Sanskriti Museum of Every Day Art in Delhi. He dedicated over five decades of his life to researching and archiving all aspects of the Kama Sutra and other pre-Vedic and Vedic classical erotica. His private collections of over 9,000 books on Indian art and architecture and his 300,000 archival photographs are housed in the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi. He lived in India for almost 6 decades.

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• The Complete Illustrated Kama SutraPreface to Kama SutraIntroduction to Kama SutraBook 1--General PrinciplesStudy of the ShastrasDharma, Artha, KamaStudy of Arts, SciencesMan about TownNayikas and MessengersBook 2--Love-Play and Sexual UnionSexual UnionThe EmbraceThe KissPressing and Nail MarksThe BiteSexual Vigor and IntensityStriking and Spontaneous SoundsDonning the Male RoleOral CongressBeginning and End of CongressBook 3--Courtship and MarriageBetrothal and MarriageInstilling Confidence in the BrideCourting a MaidBehavior of a CoupleKinds of MarriageBook 4--The WifeDuties of a WifeSenior and Junior WivesBook 5--Seducing the Wives of OthersCharacteristics of Men and WomenGetting AcquaintedAscertaining EmotionsDuties of a Go-betweenBehavior of a KingConduct of Ladies of the Inner CourtBook 6--The CourtesanBeguiling the Right ManLiving as his WifeAcquiring WealthReconciliationSpecial GainsGains and LossesBook 7--Secret Lore, Extraneous Stimulation, and Sexual PowerBeautifying the BodyRegarding Virility