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)—Critical study
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Madhava importunes, she says bashfully, "I will not tell
anything. "43**
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In the Ratnavall, Sagarika objects the words
of her friends who narrate the emotions of love of their
Further she shows her rage towards then. Hence
friend.
the king says- "Sweet Sagarikā, it is not proper to get
angry with your friends."44 Here Sagarika behaves in such
a way as if she was following the love-aphorisms of
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45 If the girl is familiar with man, the Kamasutra
instructs thus: He should touch her young breasts...
If she prevents him he should say to her, I will not do
it again if you will embrace me. While he is being
embraced by her he should pass his hand repeatedly on
her body upto the navel. By the by he should place her
in his lap and try more and more to gain her consent and
43. नाहं किमप� भणाम� � [nāha� kimapi bhaṇāmi | ] 8 इत� लज्जां नाटयति मालती. पृ. [iti lajjā� nāṭayati mālatī. �. ] 452.
प्रिये सागरिक�, � खल� सखीजन� युक्� एव�
[priye sāgarike, na khalu sakhījane yukta eva�
] 1440 कोपानुबन्ध� कर्तुम� � रत्न�. [kopānubandha� kartum | ratnā. ] 2. पृ. [�. ] 98.
45. तथायुक्तमाच्छुरितकेन स्तनमुकुलयोरुपरिस्पृशेत् � का. सू. [tathāyuktamācchuritakena stanamukulayoruparispṛśet | kā. sū. ] 3.2.28.
