Kama Sutra

/ ˌkɑːmə ˈsuːtrə /

noun

1. an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics

Kama Sutra

1. A detailed, erotic account of the art and techniques of love, possibly written by a first-century sage. An unexpurgated English translation was published in 1883 by the British explorer and scholar Sir Richard Francis Burton.

Kama is the god of love in Hindu mythology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kama Sutra¹

Sanskrit: book on love, from kāma love + sūtra thread

Example Sentences

They kind of run through the Kama Sutra catalog.

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Chefs Lana Lagomarsini and Vinny Loseto took on “Chicken Kama Sutra,” a dish made with chicken braised in a cashew gravy spiced with saffron.

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The shot list must look like the Kama Sutra.

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She noted that by 300 B.C. — about when the Indian how-to sex manual, the Kama Sutra, was published — kissing had spread to the Mediterranean with the return of Alexander the Great’s troops from Northern India.

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They earned the attention of Artie Ripp, an independent record mogul who signed them to his Kama Sutra Productions.

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