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 6 - Kamasutra part 5 (Para-darika-adhikarana )—Critical study
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CHAPTER - VI
PĀRA DĀRIKĀDHIKARANA
1 The fifth adhikarana deals with many plans and ins-
tructions to a male which will help him to seduce other
wives. The main purpose of this chapter is to teach the
ways of guarding one's own wife and not to be made use of
for gaining over the wives of others. Vätsyayana is of
the opinion that kama should be practised according to
Otherwise it will become an illegitimate rela-
tion and it will ruin the man with his family and rela-
tives. Vatsyayana gives the examples of king Dandakya,
Indra, Kīcaka and Rāvaṇa who tried to seduce the wives of
others and ruined themselves.
Dharma.
2 Kalyāṇamalla also prohibits the relation with
another's wife, because it cuts down the duration of life,
it makes the man a laughing stock, it loses the goal of
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तदेतदारगुप्त्यर्थमारब्धं श्रेयस� नृणाम् �
प्रजानां दूषणायैव � विज्ञेयो यय� विधि� � का. सू. [tadetadāraguptyarthamārabdha� śreyase nṛṇām |
prajānā� dūṣaṇāyaiva na vijñeyo yaya� vidhi� || kā. sū. ] 5.6.52.
2. यथ� दाण्डक्य� ना� भोजः कासाद् ब्राहम्णकन्यामभिमन्यमानः
सबन्धु राष्ट्रो विननाश � देवराजश्चाहल्यामतिबलश्�
कीचक� द्रौपदी� रावणाच सीतायपरे चान्ये बहवो
दृश्यन्त� कामवशग� विनष्ट� � का. सू. [yathā dāṇḍakyo nāma bhoja� kāsād brāhamṇakanyāmabhimanyamāna�
sabandhu rāṣṭro vinanāśa | devarājaścāhalyāmatibalaśca
kīcako draupadī� rāvaṇāca sītāyapare cānye bahavo
dṛśyante kāmavaśagā vinaṣṭā | kā. sū. ] 1.2.44, 450
