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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 6 - Kamasutra part 5 (Para-darika-adhikarana )—Critical study

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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' Here she is insisting on him indirectly to spend the night there only. In this way many poets have sketched the women who are easily gained by the men. The second adhyaya tells about acquaintance with women and the efforts to gain them. At the beginning of this adhyaya Vätsyāyana says- "Girls are not easily seduced by employing female messengers as by the efforts of the man himself; but the wives of theirs are more easily got at by the aid of female messengers than by 169 the personal efforts of the man. Therefore Upahāra-
varman takes the help of Puṣkarika as a messenger to
70 seduce Kalpasundari. With the help of a duti one
should get acquainted with his beloved. As intimacy
increases, he should place in her charge some kind of
deposit. This is to show that he has full faith in
71 her. The Kamasutra gives this advice to a man. But
Sudraka has applied it to a woman.
Vasantasenā, who
69. यथ� कन्य� स्वयमभियोगसाध्या � तथादूत्य�, परस्त्रियस्त�
सूक्ष्मभाव� दूतीसाध्या � तथ� [yathā kanyā svayamabhiyogasādhyā na tathādūtyā, parastriyastu
sūkṣmabhāvā dūtīsādhyā na tathā
]
ss त्मनेत्याचार्याः � का. सू. [tmanetyācāryā� | kā. sū. ] 5.2.1.
70. तृती� उच्छ्वास
[tṛtīya ucchvāsa
]
71.
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दश.
[岹ś.
]
gyà a ofeaù azur zað furð faàd a faquana int•¦�5.2.9.
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