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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women ejaculate in coition when they are satisfied.
They
have no desire to continue cohabitation when all the semen
has come away. They also quote one verse which states-
The fall of the semen of the man takes place only at the
end of the coition while the semen of the woman falls
continually and after the ejaculation they wish for the
discontinuance of coition. According to Vatsyayana,
the semen of the female falls in the same way as that of
74 the male.
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Even today it is a mystery what happens to a woman
in her orgasm. Dr. Van De Velde opines: "Here the matter
is still uncertain and very difficult, especially because
of the extreme individual diversity among women. There
can be no discharge of 'spermat' as in man; but ejacula-
tion is often used as synonymous with 'orgasm' and without
clear understanding whether anything is ejaculated and if
so what?" Thus, this matter is more obscure, more complex
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啶啶傕じ啶距 啶膏啶む啶班啶｀ぞ啶�
[pu峁僺膩峁� str墨峁嚹佱箖
] 73. gear脿 g氓 gai zatoni a and gen |
啶膏啶栢ぎ啷� 啷�
啶оぞ啶む啶曕啶粪く啶ㄠた啶た啶む啶むぞ 啶� 啶掂た啶班ぞ啶啶氞啶涏啶啶距く啶む 啷� 啶曕ぞ. 啶膏. [sukham |
dh膩tuk峁yanimitt膩 ca vir膩mecchopaj膩yate || k膩. s奴. ] 2.1.41.
74 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う 啶啶班啶粪さ啶︵啶� 啶啶粪た啶む啶洁お啶� 啶班じ啶掂啶啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶粪啶熰さ啷嵿く啶� 啷� 啶曕ぞ. 啶膏. [tasm膩da puru峁vadeca yo峁to'pi rasavyaktirdra峁ａ弓avy膩 | k膩. s奴. ] 2.1.42.
75掳 Ideal Marriage
Dr. Van De Velde
Allied Publishers Private Ltd., Bombay.,
38th Edition, 1962, p.172.
