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    Kama Sutra 120 illustrations
    Kama Sutra 120 illustrations
    Kama Sutra 120 illustrations
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    Kama Sutra 120 illustrations

    By E. Lamairesse

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    Mega Square Kama Sutra pays homage to the magic of love and is a universal educational manual. This edition is tastefully illustrated with refined frescos and delicate prints.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkstone International
    Release dateNov 14, 2023
    ISBN9781781609378
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      Kama Sutra 120 illustrations - E. Lamairesse

      HYMN TO KAMA

      Which is that powerful divinity who, from the hedges and fields west of Agra, soars into the upper airs where reigns the purest light, while from all around the flowers’ drooping stems, brought back to life in the sun’s first rays, entwine themselves into cradles, sweet refuges of harmony, where gentle breezes playfully steal from them their most ravishing perfumes?

      Hail, oh unknown power… For at the merest gesture of your gracious head, the valleys and the woods hasten to adorn their sweet-smelling bosoms, and every blossoming flower, smiling, decks her tresses of musk with dazzling pearls of dew.

      I can feel, yes, I feel your divine fire pierce my heart, I adore you and rapturously I kiss your altars.

      And could you misknow me?

      No, son of Maya, no, I know your flower-tipped arrows, the doughty rod of which your bow is made, your standard shining with pearly scales, the mysterious weapons you own. I have felt all your sufferings, I have savoured all your pleasures. All-powerful Kama, or, if you would have it so, dazzling Smara, majestic Ananya!

      Wherever should lie the seat of your glory, by whatever name you are invoked, the seas, the earth and air proclaim your power; all pay homage to you, all recognise in you the King of the Universe.

      Your young companion, Pleasure, smiles by your side; barely covered by her dazzling robe. In her train, twelve virgins, their bodies slender and full of charms, come forward gracefully; their delicate fingers lightly caress golden strings, and their curvy arms entwine in a voluptuous dance. Around their elegant necks they wear pearls more brilliant than the tears of dawn.

      God of the flowered arrows, of the bow full of sweetness, delights of earth and heavens! Your inseparable companion, named amongst the gods Vasanta, sweet Spring on earth, lays beneath your delicate feet a soft and tender carpet of verdure, raises over your infant head arches that cannot be pierced by the burning fires of noon. He it is who, to refresh you, calls down from the clouds a dew of perfumes, who refills your quiver made the more redoubtable as the gift beyond price of a friend more priceless yet.

      In their turn, a thousand birds, tender and affectionate, enamoured, with the ravishing charm of their tender calls loose any flowers yet captive from their bonds.

      His friendly hand skilfully curves the luscious wood, for bowstring a garland of bees whose perfumed honey is so sweet but whose sting, alas, causes such sharp pains. He it is again who arms the bitter points of your shafts that never rest, wounds the heart through all the senses, and brings to it the rapture of five flowers:

      Piercing Champaca, like perfumed gold;

      Warm Amra, filled with celestial ambrosia;

      Drying Kessara, with silvery foliage;

      Burning Ketassa, which brings disorder to the senses;

      Dazzling Bilva, which instils the veins with a voracious ardour.

      What mortal, oh powerful God, could resist your power, when Krishna himself is your slave? Yes, Krishna, who, in constant raptures of delight in the blessed plains of Malhura, calls forth sound from beneath his divine fingers from the pastoral flute, and to the melodious chords of a celestial harmony, and with the choir of gopis, lovestruck by his charms, devises voluptuous dances by the sweet light of Lunus, the mysterious lantern of the night.

      Oh God, beguiling God, born before creation, God eternally young! May the song of your Brahmins, captivated by your laws, resound forever on Ganges’ sacred banks! And at the hour when your favourite bird, spreading its emerald wings, carries you through space in its rapid flight; when, in the middle of the silent light, the trembling rays of Ma (the moon) peek into the mysterious retreats of lovers fortunate and unfortunate, may the sweetest influence be the sharing of your devoted bard, and may his heart be voluptuously warmed by your divine fire without being consumed!

      Conversation.

      What is the most beautiful sight to see? A girl’s face glowing with love.

      INTRODUCTION

      The principles of what is fair and just and what is not are the same at all times and in all places: they add up to absolute morality. Principles concerning sexual mores, however, vary from age to age and from country to country. From the unrestrained promiscuity of violent tribes to the absolute ban on the ways of the flesh outside marriage, how many different degrees of freedom are accorded to sexual relations by public opinion, and by social and religious law! With the exception of certain peoples, the whole ancient world considered the act of sex as permissible, on the condition that it did not infringe upon anyone else’s rights, such as, for example, intercourse with a widow, or with any other woman who might not be

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