The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1221 page)

K
maloka
:

see
LOKA (BUDDHIST)
.

 
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(Skt.,
k
ma
, ‘love’, +
stra
, ‘teaching’). Any of a class of Skt. texts concerned with
k
ma
—love, sexuality, and sensual enjoyment.
B
bhravya is said to have condensed the tradition of K
ma
stra into a work of 150 chapters in seven
adhikara
a
(sections), forming the basis of a school of sexology. The
adhikara
a
are: general principles; courtship; sexual union; marriage; how to steal other men's wives; prostitutes; and potions, spells, aphrodisiacs,
mantras
, and devices.
The most influential K
ma
stra texts are the
K
mas
tra