Kamatantra, Kāmatantra, Kama-tantra, Kamatamtra: 9 definitions
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Kamatantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Kāmatantra (कामतन्त्र) refers to the “manual of love”, mentioned in verse 3.38 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] And on a moonbeam-flooded palace-roof garden (one shall fix) at night one’s bedstead. From him whose mind is at ease, (who is) moist with sandal (and) adorned with garlands, by whom the manual of love has been put aside [viz., nivṛtta-kāmatantra], (and) whose clothes are very thin and fine”.
Note: nivṛtta-kāmatantra (“by whom the manual of love has been put aside”) has been interchanged with susūkṣmatanuvāsas and converted into the main clause: ’dod-pai rgyun-las ldog-par bya—“one shall turn away from the stream of love”. Although fitting the context, there can be no doubt whatever that rgyun “stream” is simply corrupt for rgyud, the proper equivalent of tantra “manual”.—ldog-pa has been replaced in CD by the synonymous dog-pa.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Influence of Kamasastra on classical Sanskrit literatureKāmatantra (कामतन्त्र) is the name of a text dealing with Kāmaśāstra as referenced by the Kelikutuhala by Pandita Mathura Prasada Dixit—The Kelikutūhala is a recent erotic book written in 1949 A.D. discussing topics such as masturbation, use of medicines, coital postures, prostitution, etc.. In the introduction to this book the author gives a list 64 of fifty books [e.g., kāmatantra] which were written on erotic science in which most of the books are unpublished. All these books show the rich heritage of Indian erotic science (kāma-śāstra).
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāmatantra (कामतन्त्र).—Name of a work.
Derivable forms: kāmatantram (कामतन्त्रम्).
Kāmatantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāma and tantra (तन्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāmatantra (कामतन्त्र).—[neuter] the book of love, T. of a work.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKāmatantra (कामतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra. Quoted in Śaktiratnākara Oxf. 101^b, by Śivarāma on Vāsavadattā 283, Prāṇatoṣiṇī p. 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāmatantra (कामतन्त्र):—[=kāma-tantra] [from kāma] n. Name of [work]
[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 corpusKāmataṃtra (ಕಾಮತಂತ್ರ):—[noun] = ಕಾಮಸೂತ್ರ [kamasutra].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Kama, Tantra.
Full-text: Tantra.
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Hastalaksanadipika a critical edition and study (by E. K. Sudha)
2. Antiquity of the Natyashastra < [Chapter 2 - Bharata’s Dramaturgy]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Part 7 - Data of India’s Cultural History in the Nāṭyaśāstra < [Introduction, part 1]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 30 - Offering Lights to Anarakeśvara < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Kshetrayya, The Enlightened < [January 1966]
Kshetrayya, The Enlightened < [January 1966]
Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study) (by Vishwanath K. Hampiholi)
Chapter 1.5 - The Hero and Heroine (and their Friends and Messengers) < [Chapter 2 - Kamasutra part 1 (Sadharana-adhikarana)—Critical study]