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'The Kamasutra - a work of erotic fantasy useless to the scholar'.
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'The Kamasutra - a work of erotic fantasy useless to the scholar' Word count 1179 My aim is to attempt to prove that the Kamasutra is far from being a work of erotic fantasy. It is both an ideal and a religious text but not in my opinion erotic. It is also an example of the many frameworks and cultural habits of ancient India. Probably written by a Brahmin, it was designed as an instruction of the legitimate boundaries of pleasure. Kamasutra simply means pleasure (karma) scripture (sutra). The Kamasutra, as I will attempt to prove, is another display of a cultural adoration of division and classification so as to accommodate the cosmic order called Rita; a concept of every thing being designed and ordered. It seems to be more about control than eroticism; it must be controlled because of its ties to power and purity. Power of the man in Indian...
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