[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra and its Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school) › Kamasutra # Kamasutra (Kāmasūtra) कामसूत्रम् · Aphorisms on Love · Vātsyāyana Vātsyāyana's treatise in 7 books (adhikaraṇas), 36 chapters, on pleasure within the trivarga, sex, courtship, marriage and courtesans. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 200–300 CE - **Author:** [Vātsyāyana Mallanāga](https://indike.org/pramana/person/vatsyayana-mallanaga) - **Extent:** 1,575 passages, 14,466 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** gretil · based on the edition of Kamasutram with commentary of Yasodhara, dvitiyam samskaranam,… · Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.… ## Contents - [0 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.0) — 21 parts - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.1) — 5 parts - [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.2) — 10 parts - [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.3) — 5 parts - [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.4) — 2 parts - [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.5) — 6 parts - [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.6) — 6 parts - [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.7) — 2 parts ## Recensions and editions (2) - [Nirṇayasāgara edition (1900)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana*nirnaya) — Sanskrit - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana*fezas) — Sanskrit ## Commentaries (9) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit - [Sūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!sutravrtti) — Bhāskara Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Kāmasūtraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!malladeva) — Malladeva, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Kandarpacūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!virabhadra) — Vīrabhadra(deva), Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Kandarpacūr̤āmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!kandarpacuramani) — Vīrabhadra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Kramasūtraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!ksemaraja) — Kṣemarāja, Sanskrit - [Prauḍhapriyā (Bhāskara Nṛsiṃha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!praudhapriya-bhaskaranrsimha) — Bhāskara Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Prauḍhapriyā (Narasiṃha Śāstrin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!praudhapriya-narasimha-sastrin) — Narasiṃha Śāstrin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Prauḍhapriyā (Nṛsiṃha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!praudhapriya) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised ## Translations (3) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana~en-burton) — English - [Das Kāmasūtram des Vātsyāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana~de-schmidt) — German, not yet digitised - [Kamasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana~en-doniger) — English, not yet digitised ## Versions and retellings - [Kandarpacūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.kandarpacudamani) - [Vātsyāyanasūtrasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayanasutrasara) ## See also: more in [Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra and its Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school) - [Kandarpacudamani (Kandarpacūḍāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.kandarpacudamani) — Sanskrit; 1577 CE; partly digitised _Discussed in 87 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page)._ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) · Pramāṇa