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Encyclopedia of Indian Erotics
Door Ram Kumar Rai
| Categorie | Erotica |
|---|---|
| Boeknummer | #389713 |
| Titel | Encyclopedia of Indian Erotics |
| Auteur | Rai, Ram Kumar |
| Boektype | Gebonden hardcover |
| Uitgeverij | Varanasi : Prachya Prakashan |
| Jaar van uitgave | 1983 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Beschrijving | Original gilt lettered red cloth, 8vo. |
| Samenvatting | Indian Sastras almost universally lay down three/four aims of life for a normal human being. These, consisting of Artha, Dharma and Kama, are called Trivarga and to these a fourth, Moksa which is dependent upon the proper performance of the preceding three, has been added by Vatsyayana. The sages, from the earliest times have devoted themselves to the formulation of the maxims and norms for each of these aims of life. Therefore the treatment of Kamasastra or Erotics also received their serious attention. As a consequence even in the Rgveda (X. 129, 4-5), besides a glorification of spiritual exaltation, this aspect of human life has not been ignored. In fact there is a frank recognition of sexuality as the most powerful impulse of human mind. This impulse of Kama has been described as the 'first seed of mind', the first impulse for creation. Even the cosmogenic principles themselves are spoken of as both male and female, as impregnators and receptive powers, as 'energy below and impulse above'. Thus, in this cosmic conception of Kama we have the earliest acknowledgement in the world literature of sex-desire in an individualized form as the primal source of all existence. Even the act of consummation has been openly described in the Wedding Hymn of Rgveda (X. 85, 37). In the later literature Kama become personified as a god of love. One of the Atharvanic spells (III. 25) mentions the arrows of this god with which he pierces the human hearts. These arrows are winged with pains, barbed with longing and shafted with desire. Erotic imagery is freely used in the subsequent Brahmanic and Upanisadic literature as well. The Satapatha Brahman, in a systematic manner says that the fire-altar, who is a woman (yoga) and the fire bei |
| Pagina's | 356 |
| Conditie | Goed — Dust jacket missing, dent top edge spine, sticker on first endpapers. |
| Prijs | € 20,00 |
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