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.
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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To make the daughter observe the vow of chastity towards
the one who is attached to her, to appropriate by various
aftifices what remains of the wealth of lovers after it
has been expended by daily and occasional love gifts:
to reject one who, though almost seduced, does not give
anything, by picking a quarrel with him;... to get rid
of one who is without money by means of sarcastic remarks,
by reviling him in public, by keeping her daughter off
from him, and thus making him ashamed, or by accepting
another lover for her and by insults; and often to unite
her with rich persons, capable of giving much money, who
are able to remove all difficulties and who are unobjec-
tionable, after duly considering all doubts about the
advantages and disadvantages. These words of Dandin
clearly show that they are depending on the aphorisms
of love. The ideas of Vatsyayana are dealt with in
detail in this speech.
The Kamasutra directs a dourtesan who acts like a
wife thus- "She should look at her lover with apparent
anxiety when he is wrapt in thought; she should show
neither complete shamelessness nor excessive bashfulness
when he meets her or sees her standing on the terrace
of her house; she should hate his enemies; she snould
love those who are dear to him; she should like what he
