I just want to say first and foremost, majority of what is learned, taught and shared about the Kama Sutra in the Western world is false. So as you read this post please erase all preconceived notions of the Kama Sutra.
The ancient text states that if a man has the ability to pleasure his woman then his fruits of business will always be in abundance. The point of the sutra was to teach that there was no point in just falling into bed and thrashing around like an animal. Because honestly, there is no art in that.
The Kama Sutra is NOT a book about sex or the many sex positions, But books about social conduct. The text was written by philosopher Vatsyayana around 300 AD. The purpose of the Kama Sutra was to teach urbanised men on how to live good lives.
The book is made up of 7 sections. Only the 2nd section is about the arts of sexual pleasure and love. The other sections talk about how to build a house, how to find a wife and how to get married. But obviously, the 2nd section is the only one that still has resonance today in the modern world.
Englishman, Richard Burton disregarded the other sections of the text and misunderstood/mistranslated/misinterpreted section 2. Burton travelled around the globe, apparently ‘sharing’ the gift of the ‘erotic’ text. This man had no proper concept of what he was talking about.
Digging deeper into the text after the text had become a sensation due to its erotic nature, it was found that it was the ONLY narrative that included women when talking about sexual pleasure. The text speaks in metaphors, in the language of courtship. The art of pleasure.
In the original version by Vatsyayana, the first requirement for pleasure is for the sexual organs to be at the same level. He further went on to create sexual positions that helped ensure that partners’ sexual organs became more in sync.
Vatsyayana recommended that in order to perfect these positions, practice was vital. He also suggested that jewellery be used as an aid.
Example: if the woman was on top, she’d tie ghungaroos (bell anklets) to her waist. The lesser the noise of the bells, the more skilled she was and the more pleasurable it was.
For certain positions, women would be required to have flowers in their hair and the idea was to have them shaken loose during love making. The act of seeing the flowers all over the ground was the most arousing thing.
The Kama Sutra also taught lovers on how to communicate telepathically. The text contain different types of paan messages that lovers could send to each other.
A paan message to say:
“I love you”
“I’ll have sex with you - no strings attached”
“Don’t contact me. I have a headache.”
“I dislike you. I wish you were dead.”
It is confirmed that Vatsyayana advised couples who were in love to have little fights occasionally to keep the fire alive ..
