वात्स्यायन

vishvavikhyat 'kamasootr' granth ke rachayita vatsyayan ka samay tisari shatabdi ee.poo. mana jata hai. inaka nam 'mallanag' tha, kintu ye apane gotranam ‘vatsyayan’ ke roop mean hi vikhyat hue. kamasootr mean jin pradeshoan ke riti-rivajoan ka vishesh ullekh kiya gaya hai, unase yah anuman lagaya jata hai ki, vatsyayan pashchim athava dakshin bharat ke nivasi rahe hoange. kamasootr ke antim shlok se yah janakari milati hai ki, vatsyayan brahmachari the. kamasootr kam vishayak vishv ki bejo d rachana hai. panchatantr mean inhean 'vaidyakashastrajn' bataya gaya hai. madhusoodan shastri ne kamasootroan ko ayurvedashastr ke antargat mana hai. vatsyayan ne prachin bharatiy vicharoan ke anuroop, kam ko purusharth mana hai. at: dharm v arth ke sath hi manushy ko kam (purusharth) ki sadhana kar jitendriy banana chahie.

kamasootr ka vibhajan

vatsyayan ke kamasootr sat adhikaranoan mean vibhajit haian-

1. samany
2. saanprayogik
3. kanyasanprayukt
4. bharyadhikarik
5. paradarik
6. vaishik aur
7. aupanishadik

poorvachary

vatsyayan ne apane granth mean kuchh poorvacharyoan ka ullekh kiya hai, jinase yah janakari milati hai ki, sarvapratham nandi ne ek hazar adhyayoan ke brihadh kamashastr ki rachana ki, jise age chalakar auddaliki shvetaketu aur babhravy paanchal ne kramash: sankshipt roopoan mean prastut kiya. vatsyayan ka kamasootr inaka adhik sankshipt roop hi hai. kamasootroan se tatkalin (1700 varsh poorv ke) samaj ke riti-rivajoan ki janakari bhi milati hai. 'kamasootr' par virabhadr krit 'kandarpachoo damani', bhaskaranrisianh krit 'kamasootr-tika' tatha yashodhar krit 'kandarpachoo damani' namak tikaean upalabdh haian.

vatsyayan ka vichar

achary vatsyayan se pahale bhi is vishay par granth likhe gaye the, tatha dharm, arth, kam aur moksh ki kalpana ki ja chuki hai. parantu in sab granthoan ko chho dakar keval vatsyayan ke is granth ko hi mahan shastriy darja prapt hua hai. 1870 ee. mean ‘kamasootr’ ka aangrezi mean anuvad hua. usake bad sansar bhar ke log is granth se parichit ho ge. vatsyayan kahate haian ki, mahilaoan ko 64 kalaoan mean pravin hona chahie. isamean keval khana pakana, sina-pirona aur sej sajana hi nahian, unhean nrity, sangit, adhyayan, rasayan, udyan kala aur kavita karane mean bhi maharat hasil honi chahie. unhoanne apane mahattvapoorn granth mean anek asanoan ke sath yah bhi bataya hai ki, kis prakar ki mahila se vivah athava prem karana chahie aur shayanagar ko kaise sajaya jana chahie tatha stri se kaise vyavahar karana chahie. ashchary is bat ka hai ki unhean is prakar ki itani batoan ka jnan kaise prapt hua.