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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

CHAPTER I
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The love which is mutual on both sides, and proved to be true, when each looks upon the other as his or her very own, such is called love resulting from belief by the learned.
(4).

The love resulting from the perception of eternal objects is quite evident and well-known to the world, because the pleasure which it affords is superior to the pleasure of the other kinds of love, which exists only for its sake.
What has been said in this chapter upon the subject of sexual union is sufficient for the learned; but for the edification of the ignorant, the same will now be treated of at length and in detail.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 33: High unions are said to be better than low ones, for in the former it is possible for the male to satisfy his own passion without injuring the female, while in the latter it is difficult for the female to be satisfied by any means.] [Footnote 34: The strength of passion with women varies a great deal, some being easily satisfied, and others eager and willing to go on for a long time.

To satisfy these last thoroughly a man must have recourse to art.

It is certain that a fluid flows from the woman in larger or smaller quantities, but her satisfaction is not complete until she has experienced the "spasme gテゥnテェsique," as described in a French work recently published and called "Breviare de l'Amour Experimental par le Dr.Jules Guyot."] [Footnote 35: This is a long dissertation very common among Sanscrit authors, both when writing and talking socially.

They start certain propositions, and then argue for and against them.


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