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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whose gait is beautiful, who is neither too tall nor too
short, whose limbs are thin, whose hips and breasts are
broad, whose legs are equal like the legs of crow, whose
upper lip is raised, whose mucus odour is like that of
honey, whose neck is like conch, whose voice is like of
Cakora, who knows dancing, singing etc., whose secret
part is round swollen and contains much mucus and few
pubic hairs, whose glances are naturally unsteady, who
has interest in external coition, who likes little sweet
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food and who likes various arts. Kalyāṇamalla sketches
this lady in the following manner. She is Art-lady, who
is slender, whose gait is like that of an elephant, who
has unsteady glances, who has learnt music and sculpture,
who is neither short nor tall, whose waist is thin, voice
is like that of a peacock, breasts and buttocks are fleshy,
legs are slender and attractive, whose mucus smells like
honey, whose upper lip is small and raised, whose secret
18. सुगतिरनतिदीर्घा नातिहस्व� कृशांगी
स्तनजघ� विशाला काकजंघोन्नतोष्ठी �
मध� सुरभिरताम्बु� कम्बुकण्ठी चकोर
स्वरवच� विभागा नृत्यगीतादि विज्ञा �
मदनसदनमस्य� वर्तुलोच्छूनमन्त
मृदुमदनजलादय� लोमभिर्नातिसान्द्रेः �
प्रकृतिचपलदृष्टि बद्दयसम्भोगरक्ता
रसयत� मधुराप� चित्रिणी चित्ररक्ता � रत� [sugatiranatidīrghā nātihasvā kṛśāṃgī
stanajaghana viśālā kākajaṃghonnatoṣṭhī |
madhu surabhiratāmbu� kambukaṇṭhī cakora
svaravacana vibhāgā nṛtyagītādi vijñā ||
madanasadanamasyā vartulocchūnamanta
mṛdumadanajalādaya� lomabhirnātisāndre� |
prakṛticapaladṛṣṭi baddayasambhogaraktā
rasayati madhurāpa� citriṇ� citraraktā || rati ] 1.1% 15.
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