No more descriptions of adventurous lovemaking. A new version of "Kama Sutra", the ancient Indian book known as the ultimate sex manual, will now be updated as a text-only "lifestyle guide for the modern man and woman".

Instead of the erotic drawings and sexual illustrations that have accompanied various translations of the ancient Hindu text, the new edition, to be published by Penguin, will be a text-only pocket-sized handbook, described as a "classy" manual "covering every aspect of love and relationships", The Daily Telegraph reported.