Kamasutra, Kāmasūtra, Kama-sutra: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKāmasūtra (कामसूत्र):—(1. kāma + sūtra) n. ein über die Liebe handelndes Sūtra [Oxforder Handschriften 113,b,16. 215,b,21. 216,a,17.b,27.] kāmasūtrāṅgavidyāḥ [217,a,21.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKāmasūtra (कामसूत्र):—n. ein über die Liebe handelndes Sūtra.
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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Starts with: Kamasutrakara.
Full-text (+317): Vatsyayana, Kamashastra, Raga, Vatsyayaniya, Kamatantra, Sadrishya, Vatsyayan, Utsadana, Auddhatya, Bhava, Bhahkaranrisimha, Nimittajnana, Alekhya, Takshana, Dance, Floral decoration, Water sport, Yantramatrika, Nandikeshvara, Kanyasamprayuktaka.
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Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
1. Authorship and Date of the Kāmasūtra < [Chapter 3 - A Thematic Analysis of Vātsyāyanakāmasūtra]
4.1. Summary of Kāma-sūtra Book 7: Aupaniṣadika < [Chapter 3 - A Thematic Analysis of Vātsyāyanakāmasūtra]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Note on nail-marks and tooth-bites < [Notes]
The ten stages of love-sickness < [Notes]
Vetāla 21: Anaṅgamañjarī, her Husband Maṇivarman and the Brāhman Kamalākara < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2 - A Note on the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 3 - Art and Architecture in the Mālatīmādhava and 8th-century India < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects of the Mālatīmādhava]
Part 1a - The Life of Bhavabhūti < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 5 - Rājaśekhara’s Discussion on Daily Routine < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 5.1 - Environment and Retreat of Kavi (poets) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 3.6 - Distinguish between Pratibhā and Vyutpatti < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
3. A General Note on Art < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
2. The Importance of the Term Citra < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]
4. A General Note on Architecture < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
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