Kamasutra, Kāmasūtra, Kama-sutra: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Wikipedia: KāmaśāstraKāmasūtra (कामसूत्र) (lit. “principles of love”') is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment in life.—The Kāmasūtra is a Sūtra-genre text with terse aphoristic verses that have survived into the modern era with different bhāṣyas (exposition and commentaries). The Kāmasūtra acknowledges the Hindu concept of Puruṣārthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the proper goals of life. Its chapters discuss methods for courtship, training in the arts to be socially engaging, finding a partner, flirting, maintaining power in a married life, when and how to commit adultery, sexual positions, and other topics.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāmasūtra (कामसूत्र).—
1) Name of an erotic work by Vātsyāyana.
2) 'thread of love', love-incident' औद्धत्यमायोजितकामसूत्रम् (auddhatyamāyojitakāmasūtram) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.4.
Derivable forms: kāmasūtram (कामसूत्रम्).
Kāmasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāma and sūtra (सूत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāmasūtra (कामसूत्र).—[neuter] the thread of love, also a love-manual.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Kāmasūtra (कामसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Vātsyāyana. Io. 396. Oxf. 215^a L. 183. K. 248. B. 3, 56. Bik. 535. Rādh. 46. Np. Viii, 66. Jac. 696. Oppert. 2697. Ii, 6144.
—[commentary] Bik. 535.
—[commentary] by Bhāskara Nṛsiṃha, composed in Benares in 1788. Oxf. 215^a. Oudh. Viii, 2 (Narahari Śāstrin).
—[commentary] Jayamaṅgalā by Yaśodhara. L. 2107. K. 248. Bik. 535. Jac. 696. Peters. 2, 190.
—[commentary] Kandarpacūḍāmaṇi, composed in 1577 by Vīrabhadra. Khn. 52. Bik. 532. Peters. 2, 66. 190.
2) Kāmasūtra (कामसूत्र):—by Vātsyāyana. Bl. 335. Peters. 4, 25. Stein 64 ([fragmentary]). Weber 2237.
—[commentary] by Bhāskara Nṛsiṃha. Peters. 4, 25.
—[commentary] by Malladeva. Peters. 4, 25.
—[commentary] Jayamaṅgalā by Yaśodhara. Stein 64 ([fragmentary]). Weber 2238.
—[commentary] Kandarpacūḍāmaṇi by Vīrabhadra. Stein 64.
3) Kāmasūtra (कामसूत्र):—by Vātsyāyana. Ulwar 1054 (inc.).
—[commentary] Jayamaṅgalā by Yaśodhara. Ulwar 1055.
4) Kāmasūtra (कामसूत्र):—by Vātsyāyana. Bd. 985. Hz. 991. Il. Śg. 1, 57. 2, 305. C. by Bhāskara Nṛsiṃha. As p. 40. Bd. 985.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāmasūtra (कामसूत्र):—[=kāma-sūtra] [from kāma] n. Name of a treatise on sexual love by Vātsyāyana.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKāmasūtra (ಕಾಮಸೂತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] the skill in and understanding of erotic matters.
2) [noun] a treatise on love, techniques of love making, sexual intercourse, healthy sexual life, etc. written by Vātsyāyana Mallanāga (about 4-5th century A.D.); (also known as Kāma Sūtra).
3) [noun] any treatise dealing with this subject.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKāmasūtra (कामसूत्र):—n. an ancient text on human sexual behavior written by Vatsyayana in about the 4th century AD;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Sutra, Vinayasutra, Kama.
Starts with: Kamasutrakara.
Full-text (+321): Vatsyayana, Mallanaga, Kamashastra, Nimittajnana, Vatsagulma, Citra, Kamavacaradhammapariyapanna, Kamavacarakiriyasanna, Balakridanaka, Painting, Raga, Auddhatya, Kamakkhepana, Vatsyayaniya, Kamavacarattabhavapariyapanna, Sadrishya, Utsadana, Jayamangala, Kamatantra, Vatsyayan.
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Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study) (by Vishwanath K. Hampiholi)
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4.1. Summary of Kāma-sūtra Book 1: Sādhāraṇa < [Chapter 3 - A Thematic Analysis of Vātsyāyanakāmasūtra]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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