Kama Sutra

See also: Kamasutra

English

Alternative forms

• Kamasutra

Etymology

From Sanskrit कामसूत्र (kā́ma-sūtra).

Proper noun

the Kama Sutra

1. A Sanskrit treatise (sutra) setting forth rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu law.
   • 2018, Scott Christianson, Colin Salter, 100 Books that Changed the World, Batsford Books, →ISBN:

     Little is known about the Kama Sutra’s author, Vatsyayana, who claimed to be a celibate monk who had compiled all of the accumulated sexual knowledge from several previous authors as a form of his own meditation and contemplation of the deity.

Translations

Sanskrit treatise

• Arabic: كَامَاسُوتْرَا f (kamasutrā)
• Bengali: কামসূত্র (bn) (kamośutro)
• Burmese: ကာမသုတ် (kama.sut)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欲經／欲经 (Yùjīng)

• Esperanto: Kamasutro
• Finnish: Kamasutra
• French: Kâmasûtra (fr) m
• Greek: Κάμα Σούτρα (el) f (Káma Soútra)
• Gujarati: કામસૂત્ર (kāmsūtra)
• Hebrew: קאמה סוטרה
• Hindi: कामसूत्र (hi) (kāmasūtr)
• Hungarian: Kámaszútra (hu)
• Japanese: カーマ・スートラ (Kāma-Sūtora)
• Korean: 카마수트라 (Kamasuteura)
• Malayalam: കാമസൂത്രം (ml) (kāmasūtraṁ)
• Persian: کاما سوترا (kâmâ sutrâ)
• Portuguese: Kama Sutra m
• Romanian: Kama Sutra f
• Russian: Камасу́тра (ru) f (Kamasútra)
• Sanskrit: कामसूत्र (sa) n (kā́ma-sūtra)
• Swedish: Kama Sutra
• Tamil: காம சூத்திரம் (kāma cūttiram)
• Telugu: కామసూత్ర (te) (kāmasūtra)
• Thai: กามสูตร (gaammásòot)
• Urdu: کاما سترا (kāma-sūtrā)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kama Sutra m

1. Kama Sutra (Sanskrit treatise)

Romanian

Proper noun

Kama Sutra f

1. Kama Sutra

Swedish

Proper noun

Kama Sutra c (genitive Kama Sutras)

1. Kama Sutra

See also

• sexställning (“sex position”)