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 4 - Kamasutra part 3 (Kanya-samprayuktaka-adhikarana)鈥擟ritical study
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CHAPTER
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KANY膧 SAMPRAYUKTAKA ADHIKARANA
The third adhikarana of Kamasutra deals with the
behaviour of girls and certain types of marriages.
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It
has five adhyayas and they all exhibit the keen observa-
tion of young girls done by Vatsyayana. Further it gives
some suggestions to a Nagaraka regarding pre-marriage and
post-marriage courtship of a girl. The whole adhikarana
displays the knowledge of Vatsyayana, who had studied the
feelings and desires of girls.
At the beginning of the first adhyaya, V膩tsy膩yana
instructs a nagaraka to marry a virgin girl of the same
caste in accordance with the precepts of Holy writ, The
results of 鈽� such a marriage are: the acquisition of Dharma
and Artha, offspring, affinity, increase of friends and
1 untarnished love. The Kamasutra further informs- "For
this reason a man should fix his affections upor a girl
who is of good family, whose parents are alive, and who
is three years or more younger than himself. She should
be born of a highly respectable family, possessed of wealth,
1. 啶膏さ啶班啶｀ぞ啶ぞ啶え啶ㄠ啶お啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啶距く 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班い啷嬥そ啶оた啶椸い啶距く啶距 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嬥そ啶班啶ム
啶啶む啶班 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶о 啶啷嵿し啶掂啶︵啶оた啶班え啷佮お啶膏啶曕啶むぞ 啶班い啶苦ざ啷嵿 啷� 啶曕ぞ. 啶膏. [savar峁嚹亂膩mananyap奴rv膩ya 艣膩strato'dhigat膩y膩峁� dharmo'rtha岣�
putra岣� sambandha岣� pak峁v峁沝dhiranupask峁泃膩 rati艣ca | k膩. s奴. ] 3.1.1.
