Kanyāsamprayukta (Acquiring a Wife), Book III of Vātsyāyana’s Kamasūtra (classical India, ca. 3rd–5th century CE), is a practical manual of courtship and marriage. It outlines ways to find and win a suitable bride, match-making, parental roles, signs of character and chastity, etiquette, and ethical limits. Less a manual of eroticism than a social guide, it illuminates ancient domestic norms. Today it serves as a rich historical source on gender relations, matrimonial customs, and the cultural aesthetics of desire in classical Indian life.