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Therefore, being influenced by V膩tsy膩yana, the poets
described not only the dalliance of heroes and heroines,
but also water-sport, plucking the flowers, drinking
parties etc. which are subsidiary arts narrated by the
K膩mas奴tra. Bharavi and Magha described these scenes in
whole cantos. Thus the influence of Kama艣astra spread
in poetry. In the same way the prose literature started
to take the help of Kamasutra when it felt necessary.
Hence we see the influence on Bana, as he used it in some
contexts only wherever it was necessary.
But Dandin
lavishes his deep knowledge of erotic science in his
works, though it seems indelicacy. In the same period
Dandin, in his Kavyadarsa, while giving the characteris-
tics of a Mah膩k膩vya, mentions the description of water-
sport drinking wine etc. as an important part of Maha-
kavya. Therefore the literature, written after 9th
century, shows clearly this influence.
The Amaru艣ataka of Amaruka, which is also ascribed
to the great monk Sankara is a unique sataka. Though it
is full of erotic sentiment, it differs from the 艣rigara-
Sataka of Bhart峁沨ari. A. B. Keith remarks thus- "The
艢ataka is essentially a collection of pictures of love
and it differs from the work of Bhart峁沨ari in that, while
Bhart峁沨ari deals rather with general aspects of love and