Erotic Sculpture of India: A Socio-cultural Study

12th century Aihole Ambernath amorous architecture aristocratic ascetics auspicious Bagali Bavka Belur Bhubaneswar Bombay Brahmans Buddhist Calcutta Cave century A.D. Chandella Chapter coital copulating courtesans cult culture D. C. Sircar dancing Deccan decorated deities devadāsīs erotic couples erotic figures erotic group erotic motifs erotic scenes female fertility festivals feudal garbhagriha goddess Gujarat Halebid harem Ibid images Indian Art inscription Jaina kakshāsana Kālidāsa Kāma Kāmaśāstra Kāpālikas Khajuraho King Konarak kumbha Lakṣmaṇa literature magical male Mathura Medieval period Medieval temples mentioned mithuna Modhera Moti Chandra mudrā Mysore nāgaraka Nagarjunakonda narathara orgiastic group orgiastic scene Orissa ornaments panels Pāśupata Pattadakal pillar portrayal portrayed pose practices Purāṇa Purāņas region religion religious represented rites ritual Sanchi Sanskrit sects secular seen sexual depiction sexual representation shrine sikhara Śiva Śrī Tantra Tantric Tantrikas Tantrism temple art terracottas theme Vaiṣṇava Vātsyāyana verse woman women worship Yakṣa