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Essay name: Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study)

Author: Vishwanath K. Hampiholi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit

This essay in English studies the influence of Kamashastra on classical Sanskrit literature by exploring the significance of Kama (sexual desire) within Indian philosophy and literature. It is highlighted tat ancient Indians valued both spiritual and worldly aspects of life. The treatise "Kamasutra" by Vatsyayana is highlighted as a pioneering erotic text, addressing sexual pleasure as an art form.

Chapter 3 - Kamasutra part 2 (Samprayogika)—Critical study

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72 (of 155)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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who was leaving her bed in the morning, with many epithets
among which one is there are many nail marks on her bosom.
Thus the poet Jayadeva, though a devotee of Lord Krsna,
has not hesitated to describe the amorous amusements of
his Lord.
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Hips are another important place for nail-prints.
Magha pictures this idea in an attractive manner thus-
"When the golden belt of the passionate woman fell down
various nail marks which were on her hips looked like a
18 girdle."
Ratnakara in the Haravijaya narrates- "When
she was embraced by her lover tightly, he made nail marks
19 on her hips. Damodaragupta describes a whore named
Kerall as- "She might have been enjoyed by a southern man,
because her hips are full of nail prints, hence she walks
with difficulty. 20.
In the Raghuvansa, one prince who has
arrived to attend the svayaṃvara of Indumati expresses

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]
17. तस्याः पाटलपाणिजा कितमुर�
[tasyā� pāṭalapāṇijā kitamuro
]
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18. योषितः पतितकाञ्चन� पञ्च� मोहनातिरभसेन नितम्ब� �
मेखलेव परित� स्� विचित्रा राजतेनवनखक्षतलक्ष्मी� � शिशु. [yoṣita� patitakāñcanaka pañcau mohanātirabhasena nitambe |
mekhaleva parita� sma vicitrā rājatenavanakhakṣatalakṣmī� || śiśu.
]
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19. अलिगित� सरभस� दयितेन पृष्�
विन्यस्तसान्द्रनखपतिपद� तदानीम् � हर. [aligitā sarabhasa� dayitena pṛṣṭha
vinyastasāndranakhapatipadā tadānīm || hara.
]
27.41.
20. आकर्षन्ती जघनं व्रजसि यथ� विलिखिता नखैस्तिलशः �
मन्य� तयोपभुक्ता केरल केनापि दाक्षिणात्ये� � कुट्टनी [ākarṣantī jaghana� vrajasi yathā vilikhitā nakhaistilaśa� |
manye tayopabhuktā kerala kenāpi dākṣiṇātyeva || kuṭṭanī
]
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