Vatsyayanasutrasara, Vātsyāyanasūtrasāra, Vatsyayanasutra-sara: 4 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Influence of Kamasastra on classical Sanskrit literatureVātsyāyanasūtrasāra (वात्स्यायनसूत्रसार) or Vaśīkaraṇatantra 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list 64 of fifty books [e.g., vātsyāyanasūtrasāra] which were written on erotic science in which most of the books are unpublished.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.
India history and geography
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)Vātsyāyanasūtrasāra (वात्स्यायनसूत्रसार) is the name of a work ascribed to Kṣemendra (11th century): one among the Kashmiri scholars who glorified the legacy of rhetorics with a new interpretation of the soul of poetry (aucitya). A total number of 38 works (viz., Vātsyāyanasūtra-sāra) have been recorded in the “New Catalogus Catalogorum”, which are composed by Kṣemendra. He is not only a poetician but also a scholar of high repute.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVātsyāyanasūtrasāra (वात्स्यायनसूत्रसार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Kṣemendra. Quoted in Aucityavicāracarcā 39.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVātsyāyanasūtrasāra (वात्स्यायनसूत्रसार):—[=vātsyāyana-sūtra-sāra] [from vātsyāyana-sūtra > vātsyāyana > vātsa] m. Name of [work] by Kṣemendra.
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: Vatsyayana, Vatsyayanasutra, Sara, Cara.
Full-text: Kshemendra.
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Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
2. Works on Kāmaśāstra (i): Vātsyāyanasūtrasāra < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]
2. Commentaries on the Kāmasūtra < [Chapter 3 - A Thematic Analysis of Vātsyāyanakāmasūtra]
Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study) (by Vishwanath K. Hampiholi)