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Sanskrit Sources
- Kamasutra of Vatsyayana, with the Commentary of Yashodhara, ed. Damodar Lal Goswami (Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthan, Varanasi, 1912)
- Kamasutra of Vatsyayana, with the Commentary of Yashodhara, ed. Devadatta Shastri (Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthan, Varanasi, 1964)
- Kamasutra of Vatsyayana, ed. with English translation and notes by Radhavallabh Tripathi (Pratibha Prakashan, Delhi, 2005)
English Translations
- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, tr. Richard Burton and F. F. Arbuthnot (Hindoo Kama Shastra Society, London, 1883)
- Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, tr. S. C. Upadhyaya (D. B. Taraporevala, Bombay, 1961)
- The Complete Kama Sutra, tr. Alain Danielou (Park Street Press, Rochester, Vermont, 1994)
- Kamasutra, tr. Wendy Doniger and Sudhir Kakar (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
- Kama Sutra: A Guide to the Art of Pleasure, tr. A. N. D. Haksar (Penguin Books, London, 2011)
Books
- Batailles, George, Eroticism, tr. Mary Dalwood (Penguin Books, London, 2012)
- Carter, Angela, The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography (Virago, London, 1979)
- Doniger, Wendy, Redeeming the Kamasutra (Oxford University Press, New York, 2016)
- Foucault, Michel, The History of Sexuality Volume 1: The Will to Knowledge, tr. Robert Hurley (Penguin Books, London, 1990)
- Haraway, Donna, Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (Free Association Books, London, 1991)
- Lester, C. N., Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us (Virago, London, 2017)
- MacKinnon, Catherine A., Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991)
- Perel, Esther, Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence (Harper Collins, New York, 2006)
- Plato, The Symposium, tr. Christopher Gill (Penguin Books, London, 1999)
- Réage, Pauline, Story of O (Ballantine Books, New York, 2013)
- Ryan, Christopher and Jethá, Cacilda, Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships (Harper Collins, New York, 2010)
- Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Venus in Furs, tr. Joachim Neugroschel (Penguin Books, London, 2000)
- Smith, Molly, and Mac, Juno, Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights (Verso Books, New York, 2018)
- Spencer, Colin, The Gay Kama Sutra (St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1996)
- Thomas, Kamini and Kirk, The Modern Kama Sutra: The Ultimate Guide to the Secrets of Erotic Pleasure (Harper Collins, London, 2005)
- Willis, Ellen, No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays (University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012)
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