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Indian kāma same as Western sexuality?

Ashay NaikFeb 19, 2015, 11:36 PM | Updated Feb 19, 2016, 05:39 PM IST
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Raja Ravi Varma’s impression of a scene from ‘Abhijnanashakuntalam’





laghor vikāras tanunāpi hetuna

calanti darbhāḥ śithile’pi mārute.

The meanest, pettiest causes


the pliant grass is set a-trembling

by lightest, gentlest breezes. (trans. Chandra Rajan)







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