The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
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teacher should be one of the following persons, viz., the daughter of a nurse brought up with her and already married, [1] or a female friend who can be trusted in everything, or the sister of her mother (i.e., her aunt), or an old female servant, or a female beggar who may have formerly lived in the family, or her own sister, who can always be trusted.
The following are the arts to be studied, together with the Kama Sutra:—
- Singing.
- Playing on musical instruments.
- Dancing.
- Union of dancing, singing, and playing instrumental music.
- Writing and drawing.
- Tattooing.
- Arraying and adorning an idol with rice and flowers.
- Spreading and arranging beds or couches of flowers, or flowers upon the ground.
- Coloring the teeth, garments, hair, nails and bodies, i.e., staining, dyeing, coloring and painting the same.
- Fixing stained glass into a floor.
- The art of making beds, and spreading out carpets and cushions for reclining.
- Playing on musical glasses filled with water.
- Storing and accumulating water in aqueducts, cisterns, and reservoirs.
- Picture making, trimming, and decorating.
- Stringing of rosaries, necklaces, garlands, and wreaths.
- Binding of turbans and chaplets, and making crests and top-knots of flowers.
- Scenic representations. Stage playing.
- Art of making ear ornaments.
- Art of preparing perfumes and odors.
- Proper disposition of jewels and decorations, and adornment in dress.
- Magic or sorcery.
- Quickness of hand or manual skill.
- Culinary art, i.e., cooking and cookery.
- Making lemonades, sherbets, acidulated drinks, and spirituous extracts with proper flavor and color.
- Tailor's work and sewing.
- ↑ The proviso of being married applies to all the teachers.
