...IN the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one
hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, 1 Artha, 2
and Kama. 3 Some of these commandments, namely those which treated of Dharma, were separately written
by Swayambhu Manu; those that related to Artha were compiled by Brihaspati; and those that referred to
Kama were expounded by Nandi, the follower of Mahadeva, in one thousand chapters.

Now these 'Kama Sutra' (Aphorisms on Love), written by Nandi in one thousand chapters, were reproduced
by Shvetaketu, the son of Uddvalaka, in an abbreviated form in five hundred chapters, and this work was
again similarly reproduced in an abridged form, in one hundred and fifty chapters, by Babhravya, an inheritant
of the Punchala (South of Delhi) country. These one hundred and fifty chapters were then put together under
seven heads or parts named severally...