![]() ![]() This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. ![]() ![]() Therefore for one fatigued with hunting are prescribed, the plaster of sandal paste and other things, the shampooing ( saṃvāhana) by the leaf-like soft hands of women, syrups, the five elixirs of life, and fanning with palm-leaves. The very life and soul of sexual enjeyment are pride, the self-importance, and pleasure. Saṃvāhana (संवाहन) refers to “shampooing (one’s body)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.-Accordingly, “ Hunting on horseback ( āśvina) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting ( mṛgayā). Samvahana in Arts glossary Source: : Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art) ![]()
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