Thread on decoding KAMASUTRA
Kamasutra is a book written by Rishi Vātsyāyana in about 3rd century. It is famous for its erotic mentions and is considered as a controversial book.
1. Origin:
After creating the universe lord Brahma created a text, TRIVERG,
which had 3 subjects- Dharma, Artha & Kama, for the well being of humans.
Rishi Manu used the subject dharma and created ‘Dharmshastra’, Viraspati used the subject artha and created ‘Arthshastra’ and shiva’s nandi used the subject kama and created, ‘Kamashastra’ which had a
more than 1000 chapters.
Later, all the 3 shastras were simplified by various Rishi. Out of those Rishis, Vātsyāyana simplified the Kāmashastra and created kamasutra.
2. Is it a sex manual or pornography?
Well, Kamashastra has 7 chapters, in which only 20% of total text talks
about sex, which I’ll explain later but, first lets come to the rest 80%-
A) first chapter, which is ‘Sadharanam’, focuses about, ‘What should be the AIMS OF THE LIFE OF A PERSON. It says, a person should first understand what his/her dharma is. Dharma doesn’t mean religion, it
means ‘Righteousness duty’, which can be understood by taking education (vidya). When a person understood its dharma, He/she should starting making economy (Artha) by using dharma and education. A person having the knowledge of dhama and has a certain amount of economy, should