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KAMASUTRA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
Sanskrit literature (Hindu literature written in Sanskrit)
Domain category:
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)