Vatsyayana

Si Vātsyāyana iyo an sarong suanoy na pilosopong Indyano, midbid huli sa pagigin awtor kan Kama Sutra.[1] Nabuhay siya sa Indya durabte kan ikaduwa o ikatulong siglo CE, posibleng sa Pataliputra (modernong aldaw na Patna sa Bihar).[2]

Dai siya ikaribong ki Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana, an awtor kan Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, an enot na preserbadong komentaryo sa Nyāya Sutras ni Gotama.[3] An saiyang ngaran kun minsan salang pigkakaribong ki Mallanaga, an seer kan Asuras, na iyo an ginikanan kan erotikong siyensya attributed.[4]

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  1. ↑ "Art of lovemaking!". Hindustan Times (in English). 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2021-12-30. 
  2. ↑ A.N.D.Haskar (2011). Kama Sutra. Penguin Classics. pp. 17 and 22 (of the introduction). ISBN 978-0-14-310659-3. 
  3. ↑ Banerji, Sures Chandra (November 7, 1989). A Companion to Sanskrit Literature: Spanning a Period of Over Three Thousand Years, Containing Brief Accounts of Authors, Works, Characters, Technical Terms, Geographical Names, Myths, Legends and Several Appendices. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 104–105. ISBN 9788120800632. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Google Books. 
  4. ↑ Alain Daniélou, p.4. Quote: "The attribution of the first name Mallanaga to Vatsyayana is due to the confusion of his role as editor of the Kama Sutra with that of the mythical creator of erotic science."