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).

गुडत्वगेलानखजातिकाह्वैः स्वर्णान्वितैः क्षुद्रवटी विधेया ।
ताम्बूलगर्भा दिवसे च रात्रौ करोति पुंसां मुखवासमिष्टम् ॥ १८ ॥

guḍatvagelānakhajātikāhvaiḥ svarṇānvitaiḥ kṣudravaṭī vidheyā |
tāmbūlagarbhā divase ca rātrau karoti puṃsāṃ mukhavāsamiṣṭam || 18 ||

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

A small bowl of jaggery, gel, nails and other kinds of nails should be made of gold. The womb of a betel nut makes a man’s face smell good during the day and at night.

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 (3.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gudatvac, Elana, Khaja, Tika, Ahva, Svarna, Vita, Kshudra, Vati, Vatin, Vidheya, Tambula, Garbha, Divasa, Ratrau, Ratra, Karoti, Pums, Mukhavasa, Ishtam, Ishta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Panchasayaka Verse 3.18). 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: “guḍatvagelānakhajātikāhvaiḥ svarṇānvitaiḥ kṣudravaṭī vidheyā
  • guḍatvag -
  • guḍatvac (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • elāna -
  • elāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khajā -
  • khajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tikā -
  • tika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āhvaiḥ -
  • āhva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    āhva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • svarṇān -
  • svarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vitaiḥ -
  • vita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kṣudra -
  • kṣudra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣudra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaṭī -
  • vaṭī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vaṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vaṭin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vidheyā -
  • vidheyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tāmbūlagarbhā divase ca rātrau karoti puṃsāṃ mukhavāsamiṣṭam
  • tāmbūla -
  • tāmbūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tāmbūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • garbhā* -
  • garbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    garbhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • divase -
  • divasa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • karoti -
  • karoti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third single]
  • puṃsām -
  • puṃs (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • mukhavāsam -
  • mukhavāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • iṣṭam -
  • iṣṭam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    iṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    iṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    iṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √iṣ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
    yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yaj class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Panchasayaka Verse 3.18

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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