Kama Sutra, myths and realities

When we talk about the Kama Sutra, the Hindu book quickly comes to mind with the different sexual positions that have been performed for more than two millennia. But as we are going to show you throughout this article, the book is much more than simple sexual positions. If you really read it, you realize that there is much more information stored in its lines.

What is the Kama Sutra?

It is a book that is related to a Hindu text which was written by Vatsiaiana, who belonged to the priestly caste. The book is divided into Kama which means sexual pleasure and sutra which means thread. As the story goes, the creator of the book surely grew up in a brothel and that was where he got the large number of positions shown in the book. Thanks to everything he saw, he learned things about seduction and sexuality. When we talk about the Kama Sutra we have to know that it is divided into 36 chapters, which are within seven different themes. To give you an idea, talk about the following topics:

• About sex in general.
• About the sexual act.
• On choosing a wife.
• About the wife and what her conduct should be.
• About other people's wives and seduction.
• About the courtesans.
• About attracting other people.

This shows that we are facing a book that offers us much more information than we usually think. That is, we have to eliminate the myth in which we tend to think that the Kama Sutra only talks about sexual positions. And as we have shown previously, the book talks about many other topics. The book has always stood out for being a bestseller. Not only in the past, but the demand is still very high, even though the internet exists. At the end of the day, we are looking at a self-help manual that is very effective. Not only was it very important in the past, but it continues to be so today, even in the West. And as the book itself indicates, we are all equal and do the same thing.

When did the Kama Sutra begin to reach the world?

Although we think that it is a book that has been in society for a long time, the reality is very different. It is a book that came to the West in 1883 thanks to Richard Francis Burton deciding to translate it. He made the translation with the aim of ending Victorian sexual repression and demonstrating to society that sexuality is much broader than previously thought. Of course, the translation did not reach everyone due to different blockages. For example, the book did not arrive in the United States until 1962, at which time the sexual revolution began and that helped the book become legal. After the legalization of the book in different countries, we could see how the chapters that were related to sexual positions were the most viral. That means that today when we talk about that writing we tend to think that it is only directed at sexual positions. But the reality is that it has a lot more information, which is really useful.

How many sexual positions are shown in the Kama Sutra?

As we have mentioned, sexual positions are the most viral section of the book and consequently the best-known part. If we focus on sexual positions we can see how the book has a total of 64 combinations for making love. If we take into account the writer's opinion, we can see that he supported the idea that there were eight basic ways of having sex and eight main positions. From these things, combinations were launched that brought the number of combinations or sexual positions to 64. Furthermore, it is worth noting that according to Vatsiaiana, combinations for making love only represent the art of playing with your partner. And thanks to these positions, the most sensitive and pleasant points are sought to enjoy each other. What is clear is that the sexual positions that we use today and know quite well were used centuries ago. And although today they may seem modern to us, the truth is that they are much older than we usually think.

Is the Kama Sutra just a book of sexual positions?

We must eliminate the myth that the Kama Sutra only talks about sexual positions. As we have commented throughout the article, it is the most important viral section, but the book talks about many other topics. For this reason, we invite you to read the translated book to get much more information. Furthermore, it is important to make it clear that this book has not also made us who we are right now. That means it has influenced our popular culture much more than we think. If we analyze many sexual things that surround us, we realize that many are influenced by that book. That means that we are facing one of the most important books in society, although on many occasions we do not usually give it the importance it really deserves. With all this we want to make it clear that although we usually think that the Kama Sutra is a book only about sex, in reality it talks about much more. The topic of sexual positions is only a small part of the text. For this reason, we can make it clear that we are dealing with more than a sexual guide. Among many other things, it offers instructions on how to meet a woman more easily.