He composed his work to please one Venudutta, who was perhaps a king.

When writing his own name at the end of each chapter he calls himself "Siddha patiya pandita," _i.e._, an ingenious man among learned men.

The work was translated into Hindi years ago, and in this the author's name was written as Koka.

And as the same name crept into all the translations into other languages in India, the book became generally known, and the subject was popularly called Koka Shastra, or doctrines of Koka, which is identical with the Kama Shastra, or doctrines of love, and the words Koka Shastra and Kama Shastra are used indiscriminately.
The work contains nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into ten chapters, which are called Pachivedas.

Some of the things treated of in this work are not to be found in the Vatsyayana, such as the four classes of women, viz., the Padmini, Chitrini, Shankini and Hastini, as also the enumeration of the days and hours on which the women of the different classes become subject to love.