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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are shining like pearls with a ting of a red.
The adjec-
tives which are attributed to the teeth, by Vātsyāyana
are all described by Vādirājatīrtha, when he glorifies the
teeth of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
9 Vātsyāyana gives eight types of biting, viz., the
hidden bite, the swollen bite, the point, the line of
points, the line of the coral, the line of the jewels,
10 the broken cloud and the biting of the boar. Kokkoka
11 accepts all these types. Kalyāṇamalla names only seven
types of biting. He does not include the line of jewels
12 The Kāmasūtra further directs that the
in the list.
lower lip is the place on which the hidden bite, the
swollen bite and the point are made.
13 -The swollen bite
8. सिन्दूरसंलुलितमौक्तिकदन्तकान्तिमाबद्� हेमकटकां रहसि स्मराम� �
चौ�. [sindūrasaṃlulitamauktikadantakāntimābadba hemakaṭakā� rahasi smarāmi |
caura. ] 16.
1 9. स्वच्छामृद� स्मितदशा कलितैकदेशा लक्ष्मीकपोल� लितक्षतहेतुभूताः
सत्कुन्दकुइमलसमा निबिडा ममान्त� कृष्णस्य रम्यरदनावतिराविरस्तु �
[svacchāmṛdu smitadaśā kalitaikadeśā lakṣmīkapolala litakṣatahetubhūtā�
satkundakuimalasamā nibiḍ� mamānta� kṛṣṇasya ramyaradanāvatirāvirastu ||
] 10. गूढकमुच्छूनक� बिन्दुर्बिन्दुमाला प्रवालमणिर्मणिमाला
रुक्मिणी. [gūḍhakamucchūnaka� bindurbindumālā pravālamaṇirmaṇimālā
ܰ쳾ṇ�. ] 18.51.
खण्डाभकं वराहचर्वितकमित� दशनच्छेदनविकल्पा� | का. सू. [khaṇḍābhaka� varāhacarvitakamiti daśanacchedanavikalpā� | kā. sū. ] 2.5.4.
।। रतिरहस्य. [|| ratirahasya. ] 9.2.4.
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12. अनंगरं� [Բṃgṃg ] 9.32.36.
13. तदुभयं बिन्दुरधरमध्� इत� � का. सू. [tadubhaya� binduradharamadhya iti | kā. sū. ] 2.5.7.
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