Kama Sutra, The Love Teachings Of Essay, Research Paper
Hope the following is as enriching to you as it hasbeen to a lot of people over the years. The Love Teachings of Kama Sutra ================================ By Vatasyayana Excerpts from the Kama Sutra. Source: “The Love Teachings of Kama Sutra”—— (Translated by Indra Sinha) ———————————————————————– Lying Down Positions:——————– Indrani draws up both her kneesuntil they nuzzle the curves of her breasts;her feet find her lover’s armpits.Small girls love this posture,but becoming a goddess takes a lot of practice. She cups and lifts her buttocks with her palms,spreads wide her thighs,and digs in her heels besides her hips,while you caress her breasts:this is “Utphallaka” (The Flower in Bloom). Grasping the anklesof the round hipped woman, whose buttocksare like two ripe gourds,raise her beautiful thighsand spread the thigh-joints widely. Full of desire, saying sweet words,approach her with your body stiff as a poleand drive straight forwardto pierce her lotus and join your limbs:experts call it “Madandhvaja” (The Flag of Cupid). Catch hold of her two feet,raising them till they press upon her breastsand her legs form a rough circle.Clasp her neck and make love to her:this is “Ratisundara” (Aphrodite’s Delight). Lift the lady’s feet until her soleslie perfectly parallel,one to each side of her slender throat,cup her breasts and enjoy her:this technique is “Uthkanta” (Throat-high). Your lovely wife, lying on the bed,grasps her own feetand draws them up until they reach her hair;you catch her breasts and make love:this is “Vyomapada” (Sky-foot). The round-thighed woman on the bedgrasps her ankles and raises high her lotus feet;you strike her to the root, kissingand slapping open-palmed between her breasts:this is “Markata” (The Monkey). She lies flat on her back,you sit between her parted knees, raise them,hook her feet over your thighs,catch hold of her breasts, and enjoy her:this is “Manmathpriya” (Dear to Cupid). Lying-down Positions – Samputa Group:———————————— If your penis is too small for a woman,the “Samputa” group of postures should be used:”Samputa” (the Jewel Case),”Pidita” (the Squeeze), “Veshtita (the Entwined)and “Vadavaka” (the Mare’s Trick). In Samputa your legs lie along herscaressing their whole length from toes to thighs.Your lover may be below you,or you may both lie on your sides,in which case she should always be on your left. In Pidita the lovers’ thighsare interlaced and squeeze each other in rhythm.In Veshtita she crosses her thighsor rolls each one inward,thus greatly strengthening her yoni’s grip. When, like a mare cruelly grippinga stallion, your lovertraps and milks your penis with her vagina,it is “Vadavaka” (the Mare’s Trick),which can only be perfected with long practice. When she uses it, a womanshould cease to kiss her loverand simply hold the lock.Courtesans are adept at Vadavaka,and it’s a speciality with ladies from Andhra(*). *The South-Eastern state of India. Positions From The Medieval Texts:———————————- When lovers, with legs stretched rigidand feet caressing feet,make love according to their hearts’ desire,”tantra” scholars call it “Sampada” (Equal Feet)and agree it is a way to ecstasy. Stiff as a pole in the bed’s center,she lies making love,cooing and warbling like a woodpigeon,the jewel of her clitoris well-polished:this is Mausala” (the Pestle). When she lies on her backwith her two thighs pressed tightly togetherand you make love to her,keeping your thighs outside hers,it is “Gramya” (the Rustic). If, encircling and trappingher thighs with yours,you grip so hard that she cries out in pain,it is “Ratipasha” (Love’s Noose),a device most charming to the ladies. Her limbs, entwined in yourslike tendrils of fragrant jasmine creeper,draw taut and slowly relaxin the gentle rhythm of linga and yoni:this is “Lataveshta” (the Clinging Creeper). She draws her limbs together,clasping her knees tightly to her breasts,her yoni, like an opening bud,offered up for pleasure:this is known as “Mukula” (the Bud). When she draws up her kneesand you clamp yours about her raised thighs,trapping them in a tight knotwhile riding saddle upon her buttocksand kissing her, it is “Shankha” (the Couch). Sitting Positions:—————– Seated, mouth to mouth,arms against arms, thighs against thighs:this is “Kaurma” The Tortoise). If the lovers’ thighs, still joined, are raised,it is “Paravartita” (Turning). If within the cave of her thighsyou sit rotating your hips like a black bee,it is “Markata” (The Monkey).And if, in this pose, you turn away from her,it is “Marditaka” (Crushing Spices). She sits with raised thighs, her feet placed either side of your waist; “linga” (penis) enters “yoni” (vagina); you rain hard blows upon her
this is “Kshudgaga” (Striking). When your wife sits with both knees drawn tight to her body and you mirror this posture, it is known to experts in the art of love as “Yugmapada” (The Foot Yoke). Seated erect, the lovely girl folds one leg to her body and stretches the other along the bed, while you mirror her actions: this is “Yugmapada” (The Feet Yoke). If, with left leg extended, she encircles your waist with her right leg, laying its ankle across her left thigh, and you do the same, it is “Svastika” (The Swastika)*. *An ancient good-luck talisman based on the symbolism of a cross whirling sun-wise. The Nazis used it the wrong way round, whirling widdershins, and the Indian pundits always said this was sacrilegious and would doom them. Sitting face to face in bed, her breasts pressed tight against your chest, let each of you lock heels behind the other’s waist, and lean back clasping one another’s wrists. Now, set the swing gently in motion, your beloved, in pretended fear, clinging to your body with her flawless limbs, cooing and moaning with pleasure: this is “Dolita” (The Swing). If, seated face to face, your toes caress the lovely woman’s nipples, her feet press your chest and you make love holding each other’s hands it is “Kaurma” (The Tortoise). Seated, the lady raises one foot to point vertically over her head and steadies it with her hands, offering up her “yoni” for lovemaking: this is “Mayura” (the Peacock). If, sitting facing her, you grasp her ankles and fasten them like a chain behind your neck, and she grips her toes as you make love, it is the delightful “Padma” (the Lotus). Sitting erect, grip your lover’s waist and pull her on to you, your loins continuously leaping together with a sound like the flapping of elephants’ ears: this is “Kirtibandha” (the Knot of Fame). Kneeling between her thighs, tickle her breasts and under her arms, call her ‘my lovely darling’ and print deep nailmarks around her nipples: thus “Jaya” (Victory) is expounded. _________________________________________________________________ Rear-Entry Positions: She bends well forward and grips the bedstead, her buttocks raised high; cup your hands to serpents’ hoods and squeeze her jar-shaped (sic) breasts together: this is “Dhenuka” (the Milch Cow). If you mount her like a dog, gripping her waist, and she twists round to gaze into your face, experts in the art of love say it is “Svanaka” (the Dog). If the lady, eager for love, goes on all fours, humping her back like a doe, and you enjoy her from behind, rutting as though you’d lost all human nature, it is “Hirana” (the Deer). When, with lotus-feet set well-apart on the ground, she bends, placing a hand upon each thigh, and you take her from the rear, it is “Gardabha” (the Ass). If she lies on her stomach and you seize her ankles in one hand, lift them high and make love, tilting her chin back with your other hand, it is “Marjara” (the Cat). She lies on her front, grasping her ankles in her own hands and pulling them up behind her: this difficult posture is known to experts as “Mallaka” (the Wrestler). When your mistress lays breasts, arms and forehead to the carpet, raising her buttocks high, and you guide your penis into her yoni, it is “Aibha” (the Elephant). You lift her ankles high; she draws up and extends her legs as though she were crawling through the air: this is “Hastika” (the Elephant). She stands on palms and feet; you stand behind her and lift one of her feet to your shoulder, enjoying the lovely girl: this is “Traivikrama” (the Stride). Seize her feet and lift them high (like a wheel barrow), drive your penis into her yoni and pleasure her with vigorous strokes: this is “Kulisha” (the Thunderbolt). You kneel, as in archery, take her on your lap and bend her forward till her breasts are pressed to her thighs: this is “Ekabandha” (One Knot). Lying on her side, facing away, the fawn-eyed girl offers you her buttocks and your penis penetrates the house of love: this is “Nagabandha” (the Elephant). _________________________________________________________________ Standing Positions: And now for the love postures with which sculptors adorn our temple walls. When a couple make love standing, or leaning against a wall or a pillar, it is called “Sthita” (Steadied). When the woman sits in her lover’s cradled hands, her arms around his neck, thighs gripping his waist, her feet pushing back and forth against a wall, it is “Avalambitaka” (Suspended). When, catching and crushing your lover in the cage of your arms, you force her knees apart with yours and sink slowly into her, it is “Dadhyayataka” (Churning Curds). When she leans against a wall, planting her feet as widely apart as possible, and you enter the cave between her thighs, eager for lovemaking, it is “Sammukha” (Face-to-face). If, as you lean against the wall, your lady twines her thighs around yours, locks her feet to your knees, and clasps your neck, making love very passionately, it is “Dola” (the Swing). When your lover draws up one leg, allowing the heel to nestle just behind your knee, and you make love, embracing her forcefully, it is “Traivikrama” (the Stride). If you catch one of her knees firmly in your hand and stand making love with her
while her hands explore and caress your body, it is “Tripadam” (the Tripod). If she raises one leg and you catch hold of her little foot, caressing her breasts and telling her how much you love her, it is “Ekapada” (One Foot). Her foot pressed to your heart, your arms encircling and supporting her, lean back against the wall and enjoy the lovely girl: this is “Veshta” (the Encircling). She stands against the wall, lotus-hands on hips, long, lovely fingers reaching to her navel. Cup her foot in your palm and let your free hand caress your angel’s limbs. Put your arm around her neck and enjoy her as she leans there at her ease. Vatsyayana (the author) answer others who knew the art of love in its great days called this posture “Tala” (the Palm). If you lean back to a wall and your lover, clinging to your neck, places both her feet in your palms and thus makes love, this is “Dvitala” (Two Palms). If you lift your lover by passing your elbows under her knees and gripping her buttocks while she hangs fearfully from your neck, it is “Janukurpara” (the Knee Elbow). Your
this is “Hansabandha” (the Swan). The young woman has one footon your heart and the other on the bed.Bold, saucy women adore this posture,which is known to the worldas “Upavitika” (the Sacred thread). If, with one of her feetclasped in your handand the second placed upon your shoulder,your young lady enjoys you,it is “Viparitaka” (Reversed). If your lover, seated above youwith feet lotus-crossedand her body held erect and stillmakes love to you,it is known as “Yugmapada” (the Foot Yoke). If she strides you,facing your feet,brings both her feet up to your thighs,and works her hips frantically,it is known as “Hansa-lila” (Swan Sport). Your lover places one footon your ankle, lodgesher other foot just above your knee,and rides you, swinging and rotating her hips:this is “Garuda” (Garuda). If you lie flat on your backwith legs stretched outand your lover sits astride you, facing awayand grasping your feet,it is called “Virsha” (the Bull). Clasping each other’s hands,you lie sprawled like two starfish making love,her breasts stabbing your chest,her thighs stretched out along yours:this is “Devabandha” (the Coitus of the Gods). Lying upon you, your belovedmoves round like a wheel,pressing hands one after the other on the bed,kissing your body as she circles:experts call this “Chakrabandha” (the Wheel). If, by means of some contraption,your lover suspends herself above you,places your linga in her yoniand pulleys herself up and down upon it,it is “Utkalita” (the Orissan).** **I must admit that this is kind of far fetched. However, there is an illustration on the next page depicting this position and showing two women pulling the woman up!! Love Potions and Sex Aids————————- To Enslave a Lover:—————— Anoint your penis, before lovemaking,with honey into whichyou have powered black pepper,long pepper and “datura” (the green thorn apple) -it will utterly devastate your lady. Leaves caught as they fall from treesand powdered with peacock-boneand fragments of a corpse’s winding-sheetwill, when dusted lightlyon the penis, bewitch any woman living. If you crush milky chunks of cactuswith sulphur and realgar,dry the mixture seven times, powder itand apply it to your penis,you’ll satisfy the most demanding lover. And if, to these powerful ingredients,you add a monkey’s turd,grind them together and sprinkle the powderon your unsuspecting lover’s head,she will be your devoted slave for life. To Increase Potency:——————- Honey-sweetened milk in whichthe testicles of a ramor a goat have been simmeredhas the effect, when drunk,of making a man as powerful as a bull. Pumkin seeds ground with almondsand sugarcane root,or with cowhage root and strips of bamboo,and stirred into honeyed milk,have the same arousing effect. The sages say that wheat-flour cakesbaked with honey and sugarand sprinkled with the powdered seedsof pumpkin and cowhagegive one strength for a thousand women. The yolk of a single sparrow’s eggstirred into rice puddingthat has been thickened with cream,wild-honey and “ghee” (clarified butter)has the same invigorating effect. Enlarging the Penis or “Yoni” (Vagina):————————————– First rub your penis with wasp stingsand massage it with sweet oil.When it swells, let it dangle for ten nightsthrough a hole in your bed,going to sleep each night on your stomach. After this period use a cool ointmentto remove the pain and swelling.By this method men … of insatiablesexual appetite, manage to keeptheir penises enlarged throughout their lives. By applying an ointment made fromcrushed barleria leavesto her “yoni”, the elephant (large) womancan spend at least one nightdiscovering the delights of being a doe (”small” woman). Likewise the doe can use honeymixed with powdered rootsof lotus, madder, “sal” (tree of aromatic gum),the blue lotus and the mongoose plantto accomodate a stallion for one night. To Cope With Impotence:———————- A man who climaxes too swiftlyshould arouse his ladyby caressing her clitoris with his fingersand flooding the wellof her yoni before he enters her. If, during lovemaking, the erectioncannot be sustained becausethe man is old, or simply exhaustedhe should use the delicateoral techniques given in an earlier chapter. The man who is utterly unableto achieve an erectionshould pleasure his wife/lover with a phalluscrafted from materials likegold, silver, copper, iron (!!), ivory or horn. The artificial phallus should be shapedto your natural proportions.It will be more arousing for the ladyif the outside is studdedwith a profusion of large, smooth nodules.