Kāmasūtra · Chapter 1.1

dharmārtha-kāmebhyo namaḥ.

śāstre prakṛtatvāt((1)).

tatsamayāvabodhakebhyaś ca ācāryebhyaḥ. iti.

tat-saṃbandhāt. iti.

prajāpatir hi prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tāsāṃ sthiti-nibandhanaṃ trivargasya sādhanam adhyāyānāṃ śatasahasreṇāgre provāca.

tasyaikadeśikaṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo dharmādhikārikaṃ pṛthak cakāra.

bṛhaspatir arthādhikārikam.

mahādevānucaraś ca nandī sahasreṇādhyāyānāṃ pṛthak kāma-sūtraṃ provāca.

tad eva tu pañcabhir adhyāya-śatair auddālikiḥ śvetaketuḥ saṃcikṣepa.

tad eva tu punar adhy:ardhenādhyāyaśatena [1]sādhāraṇa-[2]sāṃprayogika-[3]kanyā-saṃprayuktaka-[ 4]bhāryādhikārika-[5]pāradārika-[6]vaiśika-[7]aupaniṣadikaiḥ saptabhir adhikaraṇair bābhravyaḥ pāñcālaḥ saṃcikṣepa.

tasya ṣaṣṭaṃ vaiśikam adhikaraṇaṃ pāṭaliputrakāṇāṃ gaṇikānāṃ niyogād dattakaḥ pṛthak cakāra.

tat-prasaṅgāc cārāyaṇaḥ sādhāraṇam adhikaraṇaṃ provāca. suvarṇanābhaḥ sāṃprayogikam. ghoṭakamukhaḥ kanyā-saṃprayuktakam. gonardīyo bhāryādhikārikam. goṇikāputraḥ pāradārikam. kucumāra aupaniṣadikam iti.

evaṃ bahubhir ācāryais tac chāstraṃ khaṇḍaśaḥ praṇītam utsanna-kalpam abhūt.

tatra dattakādibhiḥ praṇītānāṃ śāstrāvayavānām ekadeśatvāt mahad iti ca bābhravīyasya dur:ādhyeyatvāt saṃkṣipya sarvam artham alpena granthena kāmasūtram idaṃ praṇītam.

tasyāyaṃ prakaraṇādhikaraṇa-samuddeśaḥ

śāstra-saṃgrahaḥ. trivarga-pratipattiḥ. vidyāsamuddeśaḥ. nāgaraka-vṛttam. nāyaka-sahāya-dūtī-karmavimarśaḥ. iti sādhāraṇaṃ prathamādhikaraṇam adhyāyaḥ pañca prakaraṇāni pañca.

pramāṇa-kālā-bhāvebhyo ratāvasthāpanam. prīti-viśeṣāḥ. āliṅgana-vicārāḥ. cumbana-vikalpāḥ..nakharadana-jātayaḥ. daśana-cchedya-vidhayaḥ. deśyā upacārāḥ saṃveśana-prakārāḥ citra-ratāni prahaṇa-yogaḥ tad-yuktāś ca sītkṛtopakramāḥ puruṣāyitam puruṣopasṛptāni aupariṣṭakam ratārambhāvasānikam rata-viśeṣāḥ praṇaya-kalahaḥ iti sāṃprayogikaṃ dvitīyam adhikaraṇam. adhyayā daśa prakaraṇāni saptadaśa.

varaṇa-vidhānam sambandha-nirṇayaḥ kanyā-visrambhaṇam bālāyāḥ upakramāḥ iṅgitākāra-sūcanam eka-puruṣābhiyogaḥ prayojyasyopāvartaṇam abhiyogataś ca kanyāyāḥ pratipattiḥ vivāha-yogaḥ iti kanyā-saṃprayuktakaṃ tṛtīyādhikaraṇam. adhyāyāḥ pañca prakaraṇāni nava

ekacāriṇī-vṛttam pravāsacāryā sapatnīṣu jyeṣṭhā-vṛttam kaniṣṭhā-vṛttam punarbhū-vṛttam durbhagā-vṛttam āntaḥpurikam puruṣasya bahvīṣu pratipattiḥ iti bhāryādhikārikaṃ caturtham adhikaraṇam adhyāyau dvau prakaraṇāny aṣṭau

strī-puruṣa-śīlāvasthāpanam vyāvarttana-kāraṇāni strīṣu siddhāḥ puruṣāḥ a:yatna-sādhyā yoṣitaḥ paricaya-kāraṇāni abhiyogāḥ bhāva-parīkṣā dūtī-karmāṇi īśvarakāmitam antaḥpurikaṃ dāra-rakṣitakam iti pāradārikaṃ pañcamam adhikaraṇam adhyāyāḥ ṣaṭ prakaraṇāni daśa((2))

gamya-cintā gamana-kāraṇāni upāvartana-vidhiḥ kāntānuvartanam arthāgamopāyāḥ virakta-liṅgāni virakta-pratipattiḥ niṣkāsana-prakārāḥ viśīrṇa-pratisaṃdhānam.lābhaviśeṣaḥ arthānarthānubandha-saṃśaya-vicāraḥ veśyā-viśeṣāś ca iti vaiśikaṃ ṣaṣṭam adhikaraṇam adhyāyaḥ ṣaṭ prakaraṇāni dvādaśa.

subhagaṃ-karaṇam vaśī-karaṇam vṛṣyāś ca yogāḥ naṣṭa-rāga-pratyānayanam vṛddhi-vidhayaḥ citrāś ca yogāḥ ity aupaniṣadikaṃ saptamam adhikaraṇam adhyāyau dvau prakaraṇāni ṣaṭ.

evaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśad adhyāyāḥ catuḥśaṣṭiḥ prakaraṇāni((3)) adhikaraṇāni sapta sa:pādaṃ śloka-sahasram iti śāstrasya saṃgrahaḥ.

saṃkṣepam imam uktvāsya vistāro 'taḥ pravakṣyate. iṣṭaṃ hi viduṣāṃ loke samāsa-vyāsa-bhāṣaṇam..