Kaamazaastra reference

Jean Fezas jean.fezas at wanadoo.fr
Tue Nov 5 07:45:39 UTC 1996


>From: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>To: Members of the list <indology at liverpool.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: Syntax of `yabh'

>	I think there is no grammatical answer to this question, but there
>may be other answers, "in the heat of things" as they say.  Consider the
>Kaama"saastra warning : raticakre prav.rtte tu na "saastram na ca
>"saastri.na.h.  Our Kaama"saastra experts on the list may remember the
>source of this quotation.  So, even if it is a dead horse ...  
[...]
Quotation reference : 
vaatsyaayana kaamasuutra 2.2.31
	 zaastraaNaaM viSayas taavad yaavan manda-rasaa naraaH.
                raticakre-pravRtte tu naiva zaastraM na ca kramaH..
Best wishes,
J.Fezas 
(URA 1058 CNRS - Université Paris III)  
        prabhavanti yato lokaaH pralayaM yaanti yena ca.
        saMsaara-vartma vivRtaM kaH pidhaatuM tad iizvaraH..
(Somadeva, KathaaSaritSaagara 6.2.182)







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