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Kama Sutra can be divided into two words in Sanskrit, Kama being the first, which is a reference to the Hindu goddess of love, using the same name. In common parlance, it conveyed the idea of desire, desire, intention, pleasure and love, especially in a sexual connotation.
In Chapter Two of Richard Burton's translation of the text, Kama translates as "the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul. The principle all this is from a particular contact between sense organ and its object, and consciousness of pleasure that arises from that contact is called Kama.
The second word, Sutra refers to a speech delivered in a concise set of rules. This Sutra has the connotation of a technical or manual. Thus, the Sutra was intended to educate the reader in the particular field of study is. Taken together, the words of the Kama Sutra involve a technical text on the aspects of enjoying proper stimulation of the senses and the demonstration of love. Unfortunately, the simple wording of the title has led to many misconceptions about the text and it should be noted that the Kama Sutra is a sex manual or less sacred religious text, but does not incorporate the two aspects in their writing.
While the text is explicit in the details of a sexual nature and also sings very religious themes, was intended to Kama in the context of the other two objectives of ancient Hindu life, Dharma and Artha. Proof of this is to open discussion of Vatsyayana of these three objectives at the beginning of the text.
These three terms are described as related to virtue (Dharma), material prosperity (Artha) and pleasure (kama) and were to be performed in that order.
The first quality almost always prevails over the secondary, where two of these activities are in contradiction, although there were some exceptions to this rule. So virtuous had to find more than wealth, but the pleasure would fall secondary to the pursuit of material gain in the Indian lifestyle. The Kama Sutra was intended as a guide to show the right way to achieve the three objectives and the right places to achieve Moksha, liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.
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