The Ascetic of Desire
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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