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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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) destruction of sleep, 5) emaciation of the body, 6) turning away from all objects, 7) removal of shame, 8) madness, 9) fainting and 10) death. 7 307 Kokkoka also mentions the ten stages of a love-sick
man and instructs to seduce other's wife when he reaches
8 the last stage. The stages narrated by the Rarirahasya
are according to the Kamasutra.
Kalyāṇamalla too, refers
9 to these ten love-lorn conditions. Description of these
ten stages is seen in the literature ever and anon. The
poets have made use of these stages when they depict
vipralambha type of Srigara and when they sketch the
heroes and heroines in love-sick condition.
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7. चक्षुः प्रीतिर्मन� सङ्ग� संकल्पोत्पत्तिर्निद्राच्छे� स्तनुत�
विषयेभ्य� व्यावृत्तिर्लज्ज� प्रणाश उन्माद� मूर्च्छा मरणमित�
तेषा� लिड्गानि � का. सू. [cakṣu� prītirmana� saṅga� saṃkalpotpattirnidrāccheda stanutā
viṣayebhyo vyāvṛttirlajjā praṇāśa unmādo mūrcchā maraṇamiti
teṣāṃ liḍgāni | kā. sū.
]
5.1.5.
8. नयनप्रीति� प्रथमं चित्तासङ्गस्ततोऽ� सङ्कल्पः �
निद्राच्छे� स्तनुत� विषयनिवृत्तिस्त्रपानाश� �
उन्मादी मूर्च्छा मृतिरित्येता� स्मरदश� दशैव स्यु� �
तास्वारोहत� मदने यायात्परयोषितं स्वरक्षायै � रत�. [nayanaprīti� prathama� cittāsaṅgastato'tha saṅkalpa� |
nidrāccheda stanutā viṣayanivṛttistrapānāśa� ||
unmādī mūrcchā mṛtirityetā� smaradaśā daśaiva syu� |
tāsvārohati madane yāyātparayoṣita� svarakṣāyai || rati.
]
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||
9. दृष्टिप्रे� पुरा भ्रमोऽ� मनसि प्रोक्तोऽथ संकल्पको
निद्रोच्छित्तिरत� शरीरतनुता लज्जाविनाशस्तत� �
वैराग्यं विषयेष्वथो निगदित� उन्मादमूर्च्� तत�
मृत्यु�
: स्यादिति पण्डितैः स्मरदश� उक्त� दशैव क्रमात� � अनंग. [dṛṣṭiprema purā bhramo'tha manasi prokto'tha saṃkalpako
nidrocchittirata� śarīratanutā lajjāvināśastata� |
vairāgya� viṣayeṣvatho nigadite unmādamūrccha tato
ṛt�
: syāditi paṇḍitai� smaradaśā uktā daśaiva kramāt || anaṃga.
]
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