Kama Sutra

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• pmoriarty · Nov 11, 2019 · Mentions

  …the world, though not without injury. He produced, to my mind, by far the most entertaining (though apparently far from accurate) translation of the Thousand and One Nights, and the erotic classic, the Kama Sutra, along with various other works. "Throughout his life, Burton continually sought passionately for "Gnosis," which he pursued around the world in myriad forms. He was a student of the Kaballah and of…

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• pmoriarty · Oct 27, 2016 · Mentions

  …cities was death. He did the same in other dangerous places as well, taking similar risks. Burton also wrote a famous translation of the Thousand and One Nights (aka Arabian Nights)[2], translated the Kama Sutra and other works. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton [2] - Burton's is by far my favorite translation of the Thousand and One Nights. You can read it for free at Project Gutenberg.[3]…

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• todd8 · Aug 24, 2019 · Mentions

  See, for example, the troubles the noted explorer and translator Sir Richard Burton had. His translations of the Kama Sutra and 1001 Arabian Nights were considered scandalous in Victorian England. He was an undaunted explorer and traveled widely and spoke 29 languages. He wrote extensively, but sadly his widow considered…

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