The Complete Kama Sutra

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The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text

By Mallanaga Vatsyayana

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This definitive volume presents the first modern, complete translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra, incorporating two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala by Yashodhara and a modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Daniélou spent four years comparing versions in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English, aiming to faithfully preserve the original's explicit and refined instructions on love, desire, and social custom from ancient India's high civilisation.
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Ideal for readers interested in historical texts on sexuality and culture, scholars of Hinduism, and those seeking an authentic, uncensored exploration of ancient Indian love and social customs.

This edition of the definitive modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is the first to include two essential commentaries--the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Danielou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra, drawing on his intimate experience of India to preserve the full explicitness of the original.

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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 civilisation, of high culture, is forcibly a period of great liberty."

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Critics praise Daniélou's translation as a masterful and scholarly work that restores the full richness and clarity of the original text. The Times Literary Supplement describes it as "a world of refined sensation," while Library Journal notes it as an important advancement over Victorian abridgments. The Guardian Weekend highlights the improved understanding made possible by this literal and respectful translation. The Interview Magazine commends Daniélou as a foremost interpreter of Hinduism whose work celebrates both erotic and mystical ecstasy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780892815258

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 1993

Country: United States

Imprint: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Contributors:

Volume editor Alain Danielou
Translated by Alain Daniélou
Translated by Alain Daniélou

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 41.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 674g

Pages: 576

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About the Author

Alain Danilou (1907-1994) was without question a Renaissance man. Following his early years as an artist, dancer, and musician in Paris (Cocteau, Diaghilev, and Stravinsky were among his friends), Danilou settled in India, where he spent fifteen years in the study of Sanskrit, philosophy, and music. After numerous university appointments in India, he returned in 1963 to Europe, establishing the Institute of Comparative Music Studies in Berlin for the reevaluation of Asian music. Danilou wrote more than thirty books about the philosophy, religion, history, and arts of India, including Gods of Love and Ecstasy; Myths and Gods of India; Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation; While the Gods Play; The Phallus; and Music and the Power of Sound.