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)鈥擟ritical study
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The Kamasutra further instructs that he should then
seat her on his right side and holding her hair and touch-
ing also the end and knot of her garment, he should gently
5 embrace her with left arm. These words of Vatsyayana
show that a lover should create confidence in his partner.
Rama in the Janakihara峁嘺 behaves in the same manner.
"The lovely smiling beloved bent her lotus-like face
downwards when her lover embraced and expressed his
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desire. Here Rama hugs and rouses confidence in the
mind of sita. In the Mukundananda Bhana a rogue says-
"O defectless one, having embraced your body tigntly,
having drank your red and sweet lips, my mind, o blue
lotus-eyed one, desires to loose the knot of your garment.
Another rogue, in the Srigaratilaka Bhana, brings his
beloved to bed-room with amusing words; makes her sit on
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5. 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶むざ啷嵿啶距じ啷嵿く啶� 啶夃お啶掂啶多え啶 啷� 啶曕啶多す啶膏啶む 啶掂じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷嵿い啷� 啶ㄠ啶掂啶ぞ啶た啶む啶�-
啶掂げ啶啶え啶 啷� 啶班い啷嵿く啶班啶ム 啶膏さ啷嵿く啷囙え 啶ぞ啶灌啶ㄠぞ啶洁え啶傕う啶む 啶ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿さ啶距 [dak峁峁嘺ta艣c膩sy膩 upave艣anam | ke艣ahaste vastr膩nte n墨vy膩mitya-
valambanam | ratyartha峁� savyena b膩hun膩'na峁僤ata岣� pari艣v膩岣� ] 1 啶曕ぞ. 啶膏. [k膩. s奴. ] 2. 10.2, 3, 4.
6. 啶班ぞ啶樴さ啷囙ぃ 啶ぐ啶苦ぐ啶啶� 啶啶粪啶犩い啶� 啶膏じ啷嵿お啷冟す啶� 啶ㄠた啶椸う啶苦い啷� 啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ム 啷�
啶掂啶班啶∴く啶距さ啶ㄠい啶掂啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶啶溹ぞ 啶о啶班ぎ啶膏啶く啶� 啶氞ぞ啶班啶灌ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠ 啷� 啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ啷�. [r膩ghave峁嘺 parirabhya p峁涐梗峁環ata岣� sasp峁沨a峁� nigadite manorathe |
vr墨岣峚y膩vanatavaktrapakaj膩 dh墨ramasmayata c膩ruh膩sin墨 || j膩nak墨. ] 8.3.
7. 啶嗋げ啶苦啶椸啶� 啶椸ぞ啶⑧ぎ啶げ啶距ぎ啶� 啶むさ啶距啶啷屶ぐ啶距お啶距啶侧 啶む啶掂う啶оぐ啶� 啶ぇ啷佮ぐ啶� 啶ㄠた啶粪啶� 啷�
啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶ぅ啶侧ぅ啶た啶む啶� 啶ㄠた啶啶む 啶曕ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶ㄠ啶侧啶む啶げ啶距啷嵿し啶� 啶い啶む 啶ㄠた啶むぐ啶距 啶え啷� 啶 啷�
啶啶曕啶傕う -啷оオ.
[膩li峁僩ya g膩岣峢amamal膩mi tav膩gamajhaur膩p膩峁璦la峁� tvadadhara峁� madhura峁� ni峁Ｄ珁a |
n墨 vimathalathayitu峁� nibh峁泃a峁� kare峁嘺 n墨lotpal膩k峁 yatate nitar膩峁� mano me ||
muku峁僤a -14.
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