In Hinduism, Kamashastra (from Kama = pleasure shastra = specialised knowledge or technique) was a document about sex written by Nandi, the disciple of lord Shiva. It consisted of about 1000 chapters. The collection is unfortunately not available since it is a rare documentary and scholars are still researching it. It is said that the Kamasutra (another well known documentary covering the Indian Art of sex) is a only small part of Kamashastra.
Kamashastra science of sex, which deals with the sexual relationship between man and woman and discusses the ways of making sexual life enjoyable.
It also classifies human beings according to their sexual indicators and describes those classes of men and women who are compatible and can have happy sexual relationships.
A number of sanskrit texts on Kamashastra were also written by Bengalis, among them were jaydev's Ratimanjari, Minanath's Smaradipika and Harihar's Shrngaradipika.
Kamashastra ist die Wissenschaft von sexuellen Praktiken und allem drumherum, wie z.B. Die Werbung um eine Frau, die Hochzeit, fremde Partner, Prostitution, Aphrodisiaka oder sexuelle Techniken.
Der Inhalt des ursprünglichen Werkes ist in keiner Weise erotisch, sondern höchst technisch und wurde erst durch die Entdeckung der Händler und Kaufleute als Einnahmequelle pornografisch hergerichtet.
Neben dem Kamashastra gibt es außerdem noch das Ratishastra, welches sich ausschließlich mit Ehe-Praktiken befaßt: Die Ehe als Instrument der Kinderzeugung.