"Kama Sutra" was a text written by the Hindu sage Vatsyayana sometime between the first and sixth century A.D. in India. The text praised the three aims of life: virtue (dharma), prosperity (artha) and love (kama), The Kama Sutra recognized that Life necessitates three kinds of activity to assure its survival. One of these activities is human reproduction, the importance of which is not something to be taken lightly. Thus, the ultimate erotic guidebook was born: The Kama Sutra (kama meaning 'love' and sutra meaning 'manual').