Food and Love in Sanskrit Poetry: On the Margin of Desires

Food and Love in Sanskrit Poetry: On the Margin of Desires In Western representations, food and sex are frequently connected and compared in an erotic context. A survey of Sanskrit poetry shows that it was not so in the context of ancient India, despite the kāmaśāstras’ dictates. Parts of women’...

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Autor principal:	Danielle Feller
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2019
Materias:	Sanskrit poetry sexuality food wine comparisons between body and food stages of unrequited love Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6d9a6a327dfd4cf9b796d7db923c418e2021-11-27T12:54:04ZFood and Love in Sanskrit Poetry: On the Margin of Desires10.12797/CIS.21.2019.02.031732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/6d9a6a327dfd4cf9b796d7db923c418e2019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1070https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 Food and Love in Sanskrit Poetry: On the Margin of Desires In Western representations, food and sex are frequently connected and compared in an erotic context. A survey of Sanskrit poetry shows that it was not so in the context of ancient India, despite the kāmaśāstras’ dictates. Parts of women’s bodies are occasionally likened to certain items of food (mostly fruit and nectar), and can sometimes be drunk, but are rarely said to be eatable. Lovers who are madly in love or suffer from the pangs of separation lose their appetite, and in consequence become thin. In contexts of love-in-union, wine, but not food, is frequently consumed and appreciated for its aphrodisiac qualities. Except in some cases when the pairs of lovers are animals, or at least animal-like, descriptions of food consumption do not lead to the erotic flavour (śṛṅgāra-rasa), but rather lead to the comic (hāsya), sometimes disgusting flavour (bībhatsa-rasa). Food descriptions were probably considered improper for poetry, because food had too many unerotic associations, being a favourite topic of Sanskrit ritual, legal and medical treatises. Danielle FellerKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleSanskrit poetrysexualityfoodwinecomparisons between body and foodstages of unrequited loveIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2019)
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spellingShingle	Sanskrit poetry sexuality food wine comparisons between body and food stages of unrequited love Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844 Danielle Feller Food and Love in Sanskrit Poetry: On the Margin of Desires
description	Food and Love in Sanskrit Poetry: On the Margin of Desires In Western representations, food and sex are frequently connected and compared in an erotic context. A survey of Sanskrit poetry shows that it was not so in the context of ancient India, despite the kāmaśāstras’ dictates. Parts of women’s bodies are occasionally likened to certain items of food (mostly fruit and nectar), and can sometimes be drunk, but are rarely said to be eatable. Lovers who are madly in love or suffer from the pangs of separation lose their appetite, and in consequence become thin. In contexts of love-in-union, wine, but not food, is frequently consumed and appreciated for its aphrodisiac qualities. Except in some cases when the pairs of lovers are animals, or at least animal-like, descriptions of food consumption do not lead to the erotic flavour (śṛṅgāra-rasa), but rather lead to the comic (hāsya), sometimes disgusting flavour (bībhatsa-rasa). Food descriptions were probably considered improper for poetry, because food had too many unerotic associations, being a favourite topic of Sanskrit ritual, legal and medical treatises.
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Food and Love in Sanskrit Poetry: On the Margin of Desires

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