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After Bharavi, Sanskrit poetry lost its naturalness,
beauty, clarity and suggestiveness of sense and became
more artificial with epithets, fantastic similies,
elaborate figures of speech, alliterations, prying
expressions, etc. This ornate age gave the freedom to
the poet to exhibit his scholarship, deep knowledge of
various sciences and command over the language. Hence
the style of description became more important than what
was described. Therefore Magha, who flourished in the
seventh century A. D. exposed his familarity with various
branches of knowledge including erotic science.
艢i艣upalavadha of Magha, which contains twenty cantos,
is based on the story of Sisupala, the wicked king of
Cedi and his death at the hands of Krsna. Though the
v墨ra is the main sentiment in this kavya, the poet has
not neglected 艣rigara and it is depicted in five cantos.
In these cantos, Magha freely draws upon the Kamasutra,
for a detailed description of the effects of love on
lovers and their amorous activities.
The second adhikarana, which deals with external
and internal coition, has become more useful to Magha
to depict ring膩rarasa. Embrace, which is an indication
of mutual love, is described by the poet ever and anon.