Madanarnava, Madanārṇava, Madana-arnava: 3 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Influence of Kamasastra on classical Sanskrit literatureMadanārṇava (मदनार्णव) 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gives a list 64 of fifty books [e.g., madanārṇava] which were written on erotic science in which most of the books are unpublished.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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMadanārṇava (मदनार्णव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—erotic. Bik. 533.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadanārṇava (मदनार्णव):—[from madana > mad] m. ‘sea of love’, Name of [work] [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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