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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 3 - Kamasutra part 2 (Samprayogika)—Critical study

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103 (of 155)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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VII. Striking and Moaning
1 Vatsyāyana opines that sexual union can be compared
to a quarrel on account of the contrarieties of love and
its tendency to dispute. Hence Van De Velde states-
"Love-play should not and does not only express itself
in kisses, but in touches and manual caresses in all
degrees, from gentlest titillation and lightest stroking
with the tips of fingers, to gripping and pressing with
the palm and fingers together, though here, too, it may
be enunciated as a rule that the lightest touches are
,,2
the most effective. Therefore rubbing, pressing and
striking are necessary in coition.
Sheikh Nefzaoui
instructs a man in this way- "Woman is like a fruit
which will not yield its sweetness until you rub it
between your hands. Look at the basil plant, if you do
not rub it and warm with your fingers it will not emit
any scent. Do you not know that the amber unless it be
handled and warmed keeps hidden within its pores the aroma
contained in it? It is the same with woman. If you do not
animate her with your toying intermixed with kissing,
nibbling and touching, you will not obtain from her what
1. कलहरूप� सुरतमाचक्षते विवादात्मकत्वाद्वामशीलत्वाच्य
कामस्य � [kalaharūpa� suratamācakṣate vivādātmakatvādvāmaśīlatvācya
kāmasya |
]
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2. Ideal Marriage, pp. 141-142.
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