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The Kamasutra, the earliest available work on erotics has indeed influenced the classical Sanskrit literature. Vatsyayana has given equal importance to all the goals of life. Having defined Kama, he has refuted all the objections raised by the opponents against the study of the science of love. He states the importance of learning this science with subsidiary arts. He gives a list of those sixty four arts and advises even the females to study them. Accordingly, it has been seen that many heroines were expert in those arts. His discription of a citizen indicates the social condition of that time. Vatsyayana's Nagaraka became a hero in dramas and poetries afterwards. 釣� 77 i S.K. De states- "Vatsyayana's picture of wealthy Nagaraka and his companions is perhaps a little too glamorous and there may be something of the dandy and dilettante in them, but much of the description must be true and we need not doubt from what we see of his reflection in Sanskrit poetry and drama that he was a man of much genuine culture, character and refinement and not mere professional 118 amourist. " p.97. 118. Ancient Indian Erotics and Erotic Literature,

73 The Kamasutra further narrates that the Vita, the Pithamardha and the Vidusaka are companions to the Nagaraka. Even in dramas we see that these characters only help the hero. The Kamasutra further gives a beautiful and elaborate description of the house which becomes a model for the poets as well as for the dramatists. Bharata's Natyasastra, which is probably the earliest work on dramaturgy gives four types of heroines viz., divine woman, wife of a king, 119 woman of a good family and a courtesan. But according to Kamasutra heroines are of three types and they are: a maiden, twice married and a courtesan, After some time the division shown by the Kamasutra became more popular than the division of Natyasastra. Hence, other authors 120 f of dramaturgy' only: viz., sviya, anya and sadharana. There is not much difference between the Kamasutra and these books. On the basis of these three heroines only, all other types of heroines were divided. divided the heroines into three types The friends and the messengers described by the Kamasutra are seen in the literature repeatedly. Especially this adhikarana influenced the drama more than the poetry, | 119. divya, nrpapatni, kulastri, ganika | natya . 3-23.24. 120. daru . 2.24 sa .da.3.

79 73 because the matters which are discussed here are related to the drama only. But we see that the general matters are described in poetry also. By and large, the influence of Kamasutra's first adhikarana on the Sanskrit literature, has been a source of attraction for the readers. r