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Article: 20 things you shouldn't be in a position to know about the Kama Sutra; As Channel 4 begins a major new series on the world's best-known sex manual.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2001
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Byline: GLENDA COOPER
THE Kama Sutra, India's oldest and best-known export, is viewed as little more than a guide to erotic oriental nights.Yet, a new three-part Channel 4 series points out that less than a fifth of the book is actually devoted to sex. Here, we present 20 little-known facts about one of the world's most famous books.
1 WRITTEN in ancient Sanskrit, the title translates as 'the rules of desire'.
Kama means desire and is also a reference to the Hindu god of love.
Sutra means aphorisms short expressions that are easily memorised.
2 THE author of the Kama Sutra was a sage who lived some time between the 1st and 4th ...