This appendix to the Kama Sutra supplements the main text by prescribing occult practices and erotic techniques for those unable to satisfy partners through conventional means. It details the construction of artificial members from materials like gold, silver, wood, or pumpkin, and outlines the training of maidservants and courtesan's daughters in sexual arts before their marriages. The text provides numerous formulas using herbs, minerals, animal products, and plants to induce bewitchment, enhance virility, cause impotence, or alter physical appearance. Vatsyayana concludes that these practices must be applied according to local custom, balancing virtue, wealth, and pleasure, while mastering one's senses to succeed in life.