Kamashastra, Kāmaśāstra, Kama-shastra: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kāmaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Kamasastra or Kamashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKāmaśāstra (कामशास्त्र):—(kāma + śāstra) n.
1) ein Lehrbuch des Ansprechenden: arthaśāstramidaṃ (mahābhārataṃ) proktaṃ dharmaśāstramidaṃ mahat . kāmaśāstramidaṃ proktaṃ vyāsenāmitabuddhinā .. [Mahābhārata 1, 646.] —
2) Lehrbuch der Liebe, Titel eines best. Werkes [Mallinātha] zu [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 94.] von Vātsyāyana [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 21, 7] (vgl. [5. 6.]).
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Kāmaśāstra (कामशास्त्र):—
2) die Lehre von der Liebe [Oxforder Handschriften 85,b,45. 207,a, Nalopākhyāna 3. 251,b,18. 256,a,21.] Titel eines best. Buches [109,a,7. 36. 113,b,15.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKāmaśāstra (कामशास्त्र):—n. —
1) eine Lehre vom Angenehmen. —
2) eine Lehre von der Liebe [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti] —
3) Titel verschiedener Werke.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Shastra, Kama.
Starts with: Kamashastranirupanadhyaya.
Full-text (+44): Subalaka, Samprayogikadhikarana, Vitaputra, Rajaputra, Babhravya, Padmashri, Anangavidya, Bhagashastra, Rasaviveka, Ratisamgrahavyakhya, Kalavadatantra, Kucumarasamhita, Ratisara, Veshyanganakalpa, Veshyanganavritti, Kucumara, Kshemindra, Gonarda, Pancala babhravya, Ratirahasya.
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Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
2. Works on Kāmaśāstra (i): Bābhravyakārikā < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]
6.7. Importance of Sex Education in Ancient India < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
1. Tradition of Kāmaśāstra < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 6.5 < [Chapter 6 - Third-rate Poetry and Super-excellent Poetry]
Text 7.95 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 4.99 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 7 - Literary genius of Maṅkhaka < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Kshetrayya, The Enlightened < [January 1966]
Kshetrayya, The Enlightened < [January 1966]
Studies in Rajput Painting < [July-August, 1929]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCI - Various other medicinal Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Knowledge of Kāmaśāstra (Sex and Erotics) in the Śiśupālavadha < [Introduction]
Knowledge of the Vedas in the Śiśupālavadha < [Introduction]
Spies in the Arthaśāstra (2): Sañcāra < [Chapter 4 - Activities of spy]
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