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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sagely king appears these days to be reduced through wake-
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fulness.
Here, Kalidasa has not only referred the
kārśyata stage but also mentioned the jägara stage which
is described already.
Some poets have described their heroines in this
stage attractively.
The emaciated body of a young girl
is compared to the moon who has a single digit. Kālidāsa's
Yakṣin who is emaciated by mental agony, resting on one
side of her bed of separation appeared like the disc of
27 the moon with only one digit. Rudradeva depicts the
love-lorn condition of Sarmistha thus- "The arb of her
cheek has become pale by the fever of young love. And
she appears like the digit of the moon, at the end of
the night.
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Rajasekhara describes Mṛgankavati, who
who was love-sick thus- "Before her the moon of the
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