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.
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it is allowed by the writers of sacred books, if thereby wealth and love can both be secured. I am going to incur sin, but the liberation of my parents will extenuate the sin and will endow me with some religious merit at least. Here Upah膩ravarman seduces Kalpasundarl, not for his sexual desire but to release his parents from the prison. The Kamasutra states that a man may resort to the wife of another man for the purpose of saving his own life. If a man feels that he will not live without her, then only he should try to win her mind. 6 Vatsyayana says that the passion or the sexual love
grows in ten stages. These ten stages are accepted by
the erotic writers and by rhetorical authors. According
to the Kamasutra the ten stages are as following: 1) love
of eye, 2) attachment of the mind, 3) constant reflection,
306 5. 啶膏た啶︵ぇ啶啶班ぞ啶� 啶忇さ啶距く啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啷� 啶曕た啶� 啶む 啶ぐ啶曕げ啶む啶班げ啶囙啶ㄠぞ啶︵ぇ啶班啶お啷�啶∴ぞ
啶さ啷囙い啷� 啷� 啶膏ぞ啶洁お啷嵿く啶班啶ム啶距ぎ啶啶︵啶掂く啷嬥ぐ啷佮お啶距げ啶啶 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班啶距ぐ啷堗ぐ啶ㄠ啶い啷堗さ啷囙い啶� 啷�
啶椸啶班啶溹え啶え啷嵿ぇ啶啶曕啶粪啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶оた啶ㄠぞ 啶く啶� 啶氞啶� 啶掂啶い啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶
啶曕啶むじ啷嵿い啶︵お啶� 啶ぞ啶 啶ㄠた啶班啶灌い啷嵿く 啶曕た啶い啷嵿く啶距そ啶た 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶曕げ啶ぞ
啶ぞ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶椸啶班く啷囙う啶苦い啶� 啷� 啶︵ざ. 啶. [sidadhapr膩ya ev膩yamartha岣� | ki峁� tu parakalatralaighan膩dadharmap墨岣嵞�
bhavet | s膩'pyarthak膩mayodvayorup膩lambhe 艣膩strak膩rairanumataiveti |
gurujanabandhamok峁p膩ya sa峁僤hin膩 may膩 cai峁 vyatikrama岣�
k峁泃astadapi p膩pa峁� nirhatya kiyaty膩'pi dharmakalay膩
m膩峁� samagrayediti | da艣a. p峁�. ] 111..
6. 啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶啶班ぞ啶班啶班啶く啶距い啷嵿い啶む啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶班啶ム 啶ぐ啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌ぞ啶ㄠき啷嵿く啷佮お啶椸啷嵿啷囙い啷� 啷� 啶曕ぞ. 啶膏. [膩tmapr膩r墨ropay膩ttatr膩峁嚹乺tha峁� paraparigrah膩nabhyupagacchet | k膩. s奴. ] 5.1.3.
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