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 6 - Kamasutra part 5 (Para-darika-adhikarana )鈥擟ritical study
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love-sick condition, then only he expresses his love thus-
"O slender-limbed one, Love heats you; but it incessantly
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Thus Kalidasa has followed the instructions
of Vatsyayana while depicting the king Du峁anta.
burns me.
The fourth adhyaya directs the duties of a go-
between or a messenger.
The Kamasutra instructs thus-
"If a woman has manifested her love either by signs or
by motions of the body, and is afterwards rarely or never
seen anywhere, or if a woman is met for the first time
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the man should get a go between to approach her.
Hence Upah膩ravarman appoints Pu峁arik膩 as his female
messenger to gain over KalpasundarI. The king Agnimitra
seeks the help of Bakul盲valik膩 to win the heart of M膩lavik膩.
Therefore he says that the lives of the lovers are depen-
82 dent on the female go-between.
79. aula aguila ugazratufasi ai gaderda | 374.3.16.
80. 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶苦い啶椸た啶むぞ啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶� 啶む 啶啶班さ啶苦ぐ啶侧う啶班啶多え啶距ぎ啶啶班啶掂 啶�
啶︵啶む啶啶じ啶班啶く啷囙い啷� 啷�
[dar艣itagit膩k膩r膩峁� tu praviraladar艣an膩map奴rv墨 ca
d奴tyopasarpayet |
] 罢鈥⑩赌�5鈥�4鈥�
81. 啶む啶む啶� 啶夃啷嵿啷嵿さ啶距じ 啶︵ざ.
[t峁泃墨ya ucchv膩sa da艣a.
] 82. 啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶た啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶︵啶む啶ぇ啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啷� ( 啶ぞ啶�. [pr膩峁嚹佱弗 k膩min膩峁� d奴tyadh墨n膩岣� | ( m膩la. ] 3. 14.
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