Mallanaga Vātsyāyana is the name of a Hindu philosopher in the Vedic tradition who is considered to have lived during time of the Gupta Empire (4th to 6th centuries CE) in India. His name appears as the author of the Kama Sutra and of Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, the first commentary on Gotama's Nyāya Sutras. -[Wikipedia][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana