The Ascetic of Desire

Sudhir Kakar

Original title: The ascetic of desire

earliest edition we have, 1998 Penguin Books,India, 1999 301 pages

"The Kamasutra is the most widely read treatise on sex ever written, although the man who chronicled all there was to experience between men and women remains a mystery. In The Ascetic of Desire, Sudhir Kakar tells the story of the Kamasutra's author, Vatsyayana, and his times - the fourth century A.D., considered the golden age of Indian history.". "In The Ascetic of Desire, the elusive sage Vatsyayana recounts his...

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The Ascetic of Desire paperback · 2002 · Overlook TP · 304 pages · 9781585672806
The ascetic of desire edition · 2000 · Overlook Press · 301 pages
Ascetic of Desire edition · 1999 · Penguin Books,India · 301 pages · 9780140272499
The ascetic of desire edition · 1998 · Viking · 309 pages

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