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that would today be considered typical BDSM activities. There are, for example,

sections of the Kama Sutra devoted to biting and the marking of one’s lover with

your teeth. Other sections detail various techniques for teasing, slapping, and

over 60 other sexual activities and positions.

On the other hand, the Kama Sutra also cautions against ignoring the potential

perils of unrestrained sensuality, saying, “Just as a horse in full gallop, blinded

by the energy of his own speed, pays no attention to any post or hole or ditch on

the path, so two lovers, blinded by passion, in the friction of sexual battle, are

caught up in their fierce energy and pay no attention to danger.”

Despite the lack of any formally codified belief system that is universal to all

Hindus (or perhaps, precisely because of it) we can confidently say that there are

no prohibitions in the Hindu religion against either BDSM practices, or D/s

relationships.

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