Sanskrit Erotic Dictionary
by
Pundit Pranab Barpande
Persianate Erotic Library
2nd ed., Oct.20, 2009
- "ahara nirgama sthana, n. anus" (Macdonnel, p.043)
- "aryagama m. intercourse with a woman of the upper castes." (Macdonnel, p.041)
- "avastha m. penis." (Macdonnel, p.030)
* auparishtaka - fellatio, oral stimulation of the penis
[KamaSutra II.2.9]; Indian literature mentions that fellatio is
common in Braj, yet infrequent in Bengal and Magadha; Brahmins are
forbidden this act.
> `The auparishtaka, or mouth congress, should never be done by
a learned Brahman.' [ Kama Sutra II.9, Burton ed. p.128 ]
> `The people of the Saurasena [ modern Braj ], on the southern
bank of the Jamuna, do everything without hesitation, for
they say that ... the mouth of a woman is clean for kissing
and such things at the time of sexual intercourse.'
[Kama Sutra II.9, Burton ed. p.126-7]
> `The people of eastern India do not resort to women who
practice the auprarishtaka' [Kama Sutra II.9]
- avastha, penis (Macdonell, p.30)
- bhagasya - a person `whose mouth is used as a vulva' [Monier, p.744]
- bhaga - `female reproductive organ, vagina' [Monier, p.743]
+ bhagankara - clitoris [Monier, p.743]
+ bhagadev - one whose god is the female organ'
+ bhag-bhakshaka - `one who provides vaginas,'
a procuress [Monier,p.743 ]
+ bhag-vat - shaped like a vulva
- "bhasad f. buttocks; pudendum muliebre" (Macdonnel, p.203)
- "bhaganka m. pudendum muliebre as a brand; a. marked with a pudendum muliebre" (Macdonnel,
p.203)
- "bimba m. n. disc of the sun or moon; sphere, orb, disc, esp. of any rounded part of the
body (hips, buttocks)" (Macdonnel, p.193)
- "brhat-sphig, m. having large buttocks" (Macdonnel, p.193)
- "bhaga m. lord (of gods, esp. Savitri: V.); N. of one of the Adityas bringing welfare and
love and instituting marriage; the lunar asterism Phalguni; sun; good fortune, luck, happy
lot (mostly V.); dignity, grandeur (mostly V.); loveliness, beauty; love, affection,
amorousness; pudendum muliebre. (Macdonnel, p.193)
- "dra|vid.h.: ... The Dravida country and its people" (Apte, 844)
- gamana - sexual intercourse with a woman [Monier, p.348]
~ gamaniya - intercourse with the wife of a teacher [Monier, p.344]
~ go-gamaniya - intercourse with a cow [Monier, p.364]
- ganika - a courtesan, a strumpet [Monier, p.343;Basham, p.183]
~ `The eating of food offered by ganas and ganikas is a great
sin.' [ Agni Purana.163.3 ] [ cited in MotiChandra, p.11]
- "guhya fp. to be concealed, hidden, or kept secret; hidden, secret, mysterious: -m, ad.
secretly; silently; n. secret; mystery; pudenda." (Macdonnel, p.083)
- irshyeka - `semi-impotent man whose passions are aroused by seeing others in intercourse
through the jealousy he feels' [Monier, p.170]
- "jaghana n. buttock, posterior; rump; hip; pudenda; n. back part (of an altar); rear-guard
of an army" (Macdonnel, p,098)
- "jaghana-kapala f. lascivious woman" (Macdonnel, p.098)
- "jaghana-vipula, a. having large buttocks" (Macdonnel, p.098)
- "S. [Skt] jyesht-.ha .. the middle finger" (Platts p.415)
- jartu - `vulva' [Monier, p.414]
~ jarini - adulteress [Parikh, p.264]
~ jaraj - bastard [Parikh, 264]
- "S. karn-.ika, s.f. An ear-ornament ... the middle finger." Platts, p.828
- linga. penis. Of Dravidian origin. the penis, male reproductive organ, `phallus' [Monier,
p.900].
~ "linga (p. 259) n. [anything attaching to an object] mark, token, sign, emblem,
characteristic; catchword; deceptive badge (rare, E.); proof, evidence; sign of guilt, stolen
property; sign of sex, sexual organ; grammatical gender; Siva's phallus (as an object of
worship); image of a god (rare); typical or subtle body (the indestructible original of the
gross visible body: Vedanta phil.)" (Macdonnel, p.259).
~ `The linga is the main object of worship in Shaivite temples' [Enc.Brit.7:377]
~ Yudhishitra told Deepika, `suck my linga' (`suck my penis')
~ lingagra - the glans of the penis [Monier, p.901]
~ mahalinga - a big penis, one having a big penis, term often applied to Shiva [Monier,
p.800].
- "madhyamandira n. female or gan; anus." (Macdonnel, p.215)
- "mehana n. male organ" (Macdonnel, p.230)
- "medhra n. male organ" (Macdonnel, p.230)
- "medhra-karman, n. foreskin" (Macdonnel, p.230)
- "muska m. testicle: du. female organ" (Macdonnel, p.230)
- "muska-desa m. region of the testicles, groin" (Macdonnel, p.230)
- "nitamba m. posterior: du. buttocks (esp. of a woman); slope of a mountain" (Macdonnel,
p.139)
- "nitamba-vati, a. having beautiful buttocks, kallipygian; f. woman with beautiful
buttocks" (Macdonnel, p.139)
- "nitambin a. kallipygian; concealing beautiful buttocks (garment); having beautiful
slopes: -i, f. woman with beautiful buttocks." (Macdonnel, p.139)
- "paradarika a. having intercourse with another man's wife (para-dara); m. adulterer; -ya,
n. adultery." (Macdonnel, p.154)
- "payu m. anus" (Macdonnel, p.158)
- "protha n. (?) nostrils (of a horse); snout (of a boar); buttocks (of a man)." (Macdonnel,
p.189)
- pota - rectum [Monier, p.650]
- "purisa-dhana, n. rectum, straight-gut" (Macdonnel, p.165)
- "sisna m. n. tail; (gnly.) male organ: (a)-deva, a. lewd (comm.) or tailed demon or
phallus-worshipper (RV.2)." (Macdonnel, p.313)
- "stri-gamana, n. consorting or sexual intercourse with women" (Macdonnel, p.363)
- shivalinga [etym.Tamil `zhiva' + `linga'] - `Shiva's penis',
applied to any large penis; a man with a large penis; named after the
Dravidian god Shiva who, according to legend, possessed a very large
penis; also an iconic rerepentation of Shiva's genitals worshipped in
Shaivite temples which are located mostly in South India.
+ shivalinga - Shiva's penis,
+ urdhvalinga - `erect penis'; Shiva depicted with an erect penis
- "ksudra [kshud-ra'] a. small, tiny, low, mean, base; wicked" (Macdonnel, p.77)
- sudra-gana. m. Sudra. Macdonnel p.317
- tejas - semen [Parikh, p.661].
- "upasangamana n. sexual intercourse" (Macdonnel, p.053)
- "varanga n. (best part), head; pudendum muliebre; chief part" (Macdonnel, p.270)
- yoni - vagina, `female reproductive organ, vagina' [Monier, p.858];
perhaps the most frequently used Sanskrit term for vagina.
~ Arundhati Agarkar told Yudhishitra Joshi, `suck my yoni' (`suck my vagina')
~ yoni-kshobana - manual stimulation of the vagina;
~ yoni-linga - `vaginal penis', clitoris;
~ yoni-dvara - mouth of the vagina, vaginal orifice;
~ yoni-nasa - `nose of the vagina', the upper part of the vulva;
~ yoni-mukh - vaginal orifice; yoni-dusta - sexual defilement of
women.
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"The original edition of this dictionary was published by Messrs. Longmans, Green & co., and
has been reproduced photographically with their consent." http://dsal.uchicago.edu
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