Talk:Kama Sutra
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Template:Possible India COTW Oops! I couldn't understand, how this could be FAC...--Rrjanbiah 04:57, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- What do you mean? --ganesh 15:46, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Okkey... I have a problem with the first line itself. Kama Sutra in *not* a sacred text. I want to change that. any objections? Spundun 00:23, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- okkey.. I could find any good source which said kama sutra is sacred.. so I am deleting that part. Ofcourse in the text itself vatsyayan says that love and love making is sacred but that doesnt make it a sacred text. he is not (imho) authority on spirituality. Spundun 02:40, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- It is considered to be sacred atleast in India. There is a temple, in konark, dedicated to Kamasutra. --ganesh 15:49, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- The temple in konark is a temple of sun with a lot of sculptures of sexual positions on the walls of it. Btw I found this very interesting link (http://www.ignca.nic.in/orist024.htm) on the sculptures.. its a bit depressing though :).
- The scope of the word sacred can be debated.... but I think kama sutra doesnt go with geeta, ramayan, mahabharat, bhagwat, upnishads etc. Just like I wouldn't call the text of ayurved as a sacred text either(though its definately ancient.)
- Btw for the record I am a hindu/Indian. Although I will have to admit that I didnt know that kama sutra talked about sex as a divine ritual. :)
- Regards -- Spundun 03:17, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Let's replace sacred with divine. BTW, till last week the introduction paragraph gave me a feeling as if Burton wrote Sutra. There was only an ephemeral reference to India, Vatsyayana and Sanskrit. This gave me a feeling that no one from India had ever edited!--ganesh 22:02, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- whoa!!... divine is way off.... according to webster: definition: of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god.......this is even worse than sacred. i suggest that we take out divine from that place. Later in the article it is stated that vatsyayan describes sex as a sacred ritual. That should be good enough to convey the information. People can then decide how they want to see that. Ofcourse all of above is my humble opinion.. you can get more people (indian or not) in this discussion for more opinions. oh, and you are right.... I just started using wikipedia recently... only a week or so back I saw the article for the first time. -- Spundun 08:27, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Let's replace sacred with divine. BTW, till last week the introduction paragraph gave me a feeling as if Burton wrote Sutra. There was only an ephemeral reference to India, Vatsyayana and Sanskrit. This gave me a feeling that no one from India had ever edited!--ganesh 22:02, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- It is considered to be sacred atleast in India. There is a temple, in konark, dedicated to Kamasutra. --ganesh 15:49, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)