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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epithets more: viz., she possesses a big lower lip and
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10 in cohabitation she reaches climax after a long period.
No doubt she resembles a conch-lady by all these character-
istics.
11 Elephant-lady: The Pañcasaāyaka narrates the qualities
of an Elephant-lady thus: Her limbs are fat, cheeks are
big, hair are rough and bluish, lips are like Bimba fruit,
shoulders are strong, breasts are big and hard and joints
are defective. She is cruel, shameless, speaks like an
ass, bears an ugly face, gets climax with trouble (in
sex sport ). Her vagina is twelve angulas. Kalyanamalla
gives his description thus: Learned people call her as
an Elephant-lady, whose nose, cheeks, ears and neck are
big, whose upper lip is long and big, whose eyes are red,
fingers are crooked, hair are thick and blackish, whose
hands, legs and shoulders are fat and short, whose tone
is deep but rough, who is lovelorn, whose teeth are sharp,
10. किंचित्पृथ्वधर� � सुचिरात्संभोगकाल� द्रवेद� � अनंग. [kiṃcitpṛthvadharā ca sucirātsaṃbhogakāle draved | anaṃga. ] 3. 22, 23.
11. स्थलांगी स्थूलगण्डा लघुतरनयन� स्थूलनीलाल्पकेश�
बिम्बोष्ठी पीनबाहुः कठिणगुरुकुचा हीनपर्वाऽतिदुष्ट� �
निर्लज्ज� रासभोक्तिस्तरलितवदना सर्वदाकष्टसाध्या
निर्दिष्टा हस्तिनीयं वहति रविसमैरंगुलै� गुद्द्यदेशम् || पं.सा. [sthalāṃgī sthūlagaṇḍā laghutaranayanā sthūlanīlālpakeśā
bimboṣṭhī pīnabāhu� kaṭhiṇagurukucā hīnaparvā'tiduṣṭā |
nirlajjā rāsabhoktistaralitavadanā sarvadākaṣṭasādhyā
nirdiṣṭā hastinīya� vahati ravisamairaṃgulai� guddyadeśam || pa�.sā. ] 2. 14.
