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 1 - Introdcution to Kama and Kamashastra literature
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fire. The open mouth verily is its fuel, breach the
smoke, speech the flame, the eye the coals, the ear the
sparks. In this fire the gods offer food. From this
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oblation semen arises. Thus the creation of semen in
the man depends upon food. Prajapati having created semen
in the man thought of creating a substratum for that semen.
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So he created the woman for the support of semen, from
1 which she becomes pregnant.
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Copulation or Maithuna is for progeny and for
pleasure as well. It should not be practised merely for
pleasure, It should be practised like a sacrifice.
Hence
the Upanisad states "O' Gautama, woman verily is a sacri-
ficial fire, her genital organ in truth is its fuel, the
hairs the smoke, the vulva the flames, that which is
inserted are the embers, the feeling of pleasure the sparks.
14 In this oblation the Gods offer semen. From this oblation
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a person arises.
5 Thus sexual inter-course is looked upon
3. 啶啶班啶粪 啶掂ぞ 啶呧啷嵿え啶苦ぐ啷嵿啷屶い啶�, 啶むじ啷嵿く啶掂啶ぞ啶む啶むぎ啷囙さ 啶膏ぎ啶苦い啷�, 啶啶班ぞ啶｀啶о啶
啶掂ぞ啶椸ぐ啷嵿啶苦 啶氞啷嵿し啷佮ぐ啶傕啶距ぐ啶距 啶多啶班啶む啶班 啶掂た啶膏啶啶侧た啶傕啶距 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿え啷囙い啶膏啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啷嵿え啷�
啶︵啶掂ぞ 啶呧え啷嵿え啶� 啶溹啶掂い啶� 啶むじ啷嵿く啶� 啶嗋す啷佮い啷嵿く啷� 啶班啶む 啶膏ぎ啷嵿き啶掂い啶� 啷� 啶.啶�. [puru峁Ｄ� v膩 agnirgautama, tasyavy膩ttameva samit, pr膩峁噊dh奴ma岣�
v膩garci岣� cak峁ra峁僩膩r膩岣� 艣rotra峁� visphuli峁僩膩岣� tasminnetasminnagn墨
dev膩 anna峁� juvati tasy膩 膩hutyai reta岣� sambhavati | b峁�.a. ] 6.2.12
4. 啶� 啶� 啶啶班啶距お啶むた啶班啶曕啶粪ぞ啶傕啶曕啶班 啶灌い啶距ぐ啶 啶啶班い啶苦し啷嵿啶距 啶曕げ啷嵿お啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた
啶� 啶膏啶む啶班た啶 啶膏じ啷冟啷� 啶むぞ 啶膏啶粪啶熰啶掂ぞ 啶呧ぇ啶� 啶夃お啶距じ啷嵿い
啶�. 啶� [sa ha praj膩patir墨k峁Ｄ佱箖cakre hat膩ramai prati峁ａ弓h膩峁� kalpay膩n墨ti
sa striya峁� sas峁沯e t膩 s峁涐梗峁璿膩 adha岣� up膩sta
ba. a] T. 6.4.2.
啶忇え啶距ぎ啶啶じ啷冟啶む 啷�
[en膩mabhyas峁沯at |
] 5. 啶啶粪ぞ 啶掂ぞ 啶呧啷嵿え啶苦ぐ啷嵿啷屶い啶�, 啶むじ啷嵿く啶� 啶夃お啶膏啶ムぞ 啶忇さ 啶膏ぎ啶苦い啷�
啶侧啶ぞ啶ㄠた 啶оぎ啶冟 啶啶ㄠた啶班ぐ啷嵿啶苦 啶う啶ㄠ啶む 啶曕ぐ啷嬥い啶� 啶む啶洁啶距啶班ぞ啶�
啶呧き啶苦え啶ㄠ啶︵ぞ 啶掂た啶膏啶啶侧た啶傕啶距 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿え啷囙い啶膏啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啷嵿え啷� 啶︵啶掂ぞ 啶班啶む
啶溹啶掂い啶� 啶むじ啷嵿く啶� 啶嗋す啷佮い啷嵿く啷� 啶啶班啶粪 啶膏ぎ啷嵿き啶掂い啶� 啷�
[ye峁Ｄ� v膩 agnirgautama, tasy膩 upasth膩 eva samit
lom膩ni dhama岣メ弗 yonirarci岣� yadanta岣� karoti te'g膩峁價膩岣�
abhinand膩 visphuli峁僩膩岣� tasminnetasminnagn墨 dev膩 reto
juvati tasy膩 膩hutyai puru峁岣� sambhavati |
] 1 啶�. 啶�. [ba. a. ] 6.2.13.
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