Panchasayaka [sanskrit]

by Jyotirishwar Thakur | 2020 | 3,801 words

The Sanskrit text of the Panchasayaka, a Sanskrit text in five parts dealing the ancient Indian science of erotics (i.e., Kamashastra) from the 13th century. It was written by Jyotirishwar Thakur (also: Kavisekharacarya Jyotirisvara Thakura). Alternative titles: Pañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक, Pancasayaka) Pañca-sāyaka (पञ्च-सायक, Pancha-sayaka).

इति कविशेखरश्रीज्योतिरीश्वरकविरचिते पञ्चसायके जात्यादिसमुद्देशो नाम प्रथमः सायकः ।
अथ द्वितीयः सायकः ।
रतभेदाः ।
आयामैः परिणाहकैश्च पुरुषाः लिङ्गैर्वराङ्गैः स्त्रियो ज्ञातव्याश्च रसगृहारुणसमाख्याताङ्गुलैः सर्वतः ।
जात्या तेऽपि शशा वृषाश्च तुरगाः प्राज्ञैः स्मृतास्ता पुनर्मृग्यश्चा करिणीति विस्तरभयात्सङ्क्षिप्य निष्कृष्यते ॥ १ ॥

iti kaviśekharaśrījyotirīśvarakaviracite pañcasāyake jātyādisamuddeśo nāma prathamaḥ sāyakaḥ |
atha dvitīyaḥ sāyakaḥ |
ratabhedāḥ |
āyāmaiḥ pariṇāhakaiśca puruṣāḥ liṅgairvarāṅgaiḥ striyo jñātavyāśca rasagṛhāruṇasamākhyātāṅgulaiḥ sarvataḥ |
jātyā te'pi śaśā vṛṣāśca turagāḥ prājñaiḥ smṛtāstā punarmṛgyaścā kariṇīti vistarabhayātsaṅkṣipya niṣkṛṣyate || 1 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

This is the first arrow of the five arrows composed by Kavi Shekhara Sri Jyotiriswarak, entitled Jatyadi Samuddhesha. Then the second arrow. Ratabhedaḥ. Men should be recognized by their dimensions and their circumferences by their beautiful limbs and by their fingers described as red in the taste buds By birth the rabbits bulls and horses are considered by the learned to be huntable elephants.

English translation by Google (2023)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Kavi, Shekhara, Shrijyotirishvara, Acit, Acita, Pancasayaka, Jati, Jatya, Adi, Adin, Samuddesha, Naman, Prathama, Sayaka, Atha, Dvitiya, Rata, Bheda, Ayama, Parinaha, Kah, Kim, Purusha, Linga, Varanga, Stri, Jnatavya, Rasa, Grih, Griha, Aruna, Samakhyata, Angula, Sarvatah, Sarvata, Tad, Yushmad, Api, Shasha, Vrisha, Turaga, Prajna, Smrita, Smrito, Tan, Punar, Mrigi, Mrigya, Karini, Kari, Karin, Vistara, Bhayat, Bhaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Panchasayaka Verse 2.1). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “iti kaviśekharaśrījyotirīśvarakaviracite pañcasāyake jātyādisamuddeśo nāma prathamaḥ sāyakaḥ
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kavi -
  • kavi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kavi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kavi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śekhara -
  • śekhara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śekhara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śrījyotirīśvara -
  • śrījyotirīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kavir -
  • kavi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kavi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acite -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    acita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    acita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    acitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pañcasāyake -
  • pañcasāyaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • jātyā -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    jātī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    jātya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jātya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jātyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ādi -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • samuddeśo* -
  • samuddeśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • prathamaḥ -
  • prathama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sāyakaḥ -
  • sāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “atha dvitīyaḥ sāyakaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dvitīyaḥ -
  • dvitīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sāyakaḥ -
  • sāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “ratabhedāḥ
  • rata -
  • rata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ram -> rata (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram -> rata (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]
  • bhedāḥ -
  • bheda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 4: “āyāmaiḥ pariṇāhakaiśca puruṣāḥ liṅgairvarāṅgaiḥ striyo jñātavyāśca rasagṛhāruṇasamākhyātāṅgulaiḥ sarvataḥ
  • āyāmaiḥ -
  • āyāma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pariṇāha -
  • pariṇāha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaiś -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puruṣāḥ -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • liṅgair -
  • liṅga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • varāṅgaiḥ -
  • varāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    varāṅga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • striyo* -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jñātavyāś -
  • jñātavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jñātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    jñā -> jñātavya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñātavyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rasa -
  • rasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ras (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • gṛhā -
  • gṛha (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aruṇa -
  • aruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samākhyātā -
  • samākhyāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samākhyāta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samākhyātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgulaiḥ -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sarvataḥ -
  • sarvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 5: “jātyā te'pi śaśā vṛṣāśca turagāḥ prājñaiḥ smṛtāstā punarmṛgyaścā kariṇīti vistarabhayātsaṅkṣipya niṣkṛṣyate
  • jātyā -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    jātī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    jātyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śaśā* -
  • śaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vṛṣāś -
  • vṛṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vṛṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • turagāḥ -
  • turaga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • prājñaiḥ -
  • prājña (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    prājña (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • smṛtās -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mṛgyaś -
  • mṛgī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mṛgya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mṛg -> mṛgya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mṛg class 4 verb]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kariṇī -
  • kariṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kari (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    karin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    karin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vistara -
  • vistara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vistara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhayāt -
  • bhayāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    bhaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • saṅ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kṣipya -
  • kṣip -> kṣipya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṣip]
    kṣip -> kṣipya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṣip]
    kṣip (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Cannot analyse niṣkṛṣyate

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Panchasayaka Verse 2.1

Cover of edition (2020)

Jyotirīśvarakaviśekhara: Pañcasāyaka
by Dhaval Patel (2020)

Publisher: Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages (GRETIL), SUB Göttingen

Cover of edition (2016)

Panchasayaka: A Kama Grantha (पञ्चसायक)
by Dhaval Patel (2016)

Author: Shri jyotirishavracharya; Publisher: Chowkhamba Krishnadas Academy

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