Regarding virility

Nashtaragapratyanayana Prakarana

 man unable to relieve the sexual urges of an intensely passionate woman, should take recourse to various means to excite her passion. One way of exciting a woman is to manipulate her yoni with his hand or fingers, and not begin intercourse with her until she becomes excited, or experiences pleasure; then he should introduce his phallus so that her orgasm precedes his ejaculation.

Kinds of Sexual Tools

Alternatively, he may make use of certain apadravyas, phallus-shaped artificial gadgets, pierced only at the top, to be put on or around the lingam supplementing its length or its thickness to fit into the yoni. In Babhravya's opinion, these apadravyas should be made of gold, silver, copper, iron, ivory, buffalo's horn, wood, tin or lead, and should be soft, cool, provocative of sexual vigor, and well fitted like a ring or a glove to serve the intended purpose and be capable of withstanding vigorous action. Vatsyayana, however, states that these may be made according to the natural choice of each individual.

The different kinds of apadravyas are: the valaya, ring, made of the same size as the lingam, its outer surface uneven with ridges and worn around it like an amulet; the sanghati, couple, formed of two rings placed over the lingam; the chudaka, bracelet, made by joining three or more rings, until they come up to the required length of the lingam; and the ekachudaka, single bracelet, formed by wrapping a single band around the lingam, according to the required dimensions.

An artificial phallus aid such as the kanchuka, closed sheath, and jalaka, latticed net open at the tip, should be the size of the erect member which is to be inserted into it; cavities for the testicles will enhance the overall effect. Outwardly somewhat rough with nodules to fit the size of the yoni to enhance the woman's coital pleasure, it can be kept in position by tying it to the hips.

In the absence of such apadravyas, a phallic tube may be made from the stem of the alabu, bottlegourd, or the venu, bamboo; according to the size desired, it should be well seasoned in medicated oil before use and tied to the waist with thread.

Young men, indeed men of all ages, are afflicted with impaired virility, premature ejaculation, partial tumescence, and a slow rise in passion, due to excess or over- indulgence. Fellatio, or oral sex, will induce full tumescence and make normal coitus possible. The acceleration of passion is also achieved by manually effecting erection, aided by digital anal manipulation; nevertheless, the women's passion is often insatiable and artificial phalluses are therefore invaluable, as also the appendages wrapped around or put onto the lingam; besides the very act of tying them on to the erect penis, or the stone of the amalaka to the base of the organ, and the use of any of the aids described will have the effect of inciting the fiery sexual urges in the highly passionate woman, and she can then be satisfied.

Enlarging the Orifice of the Phallus

The people of the Deccan and the southern provinces contend that it is only possible to derive true sexual pleasure if the orifice of the lingam has been enlarged by perforation with a suitable, pointed shaft inserted into the opening at the tip of the glans penis and worked up and down so as to engorge the canal. This practice can be effected in childhood at the age when the ears are pierced.

Kali with companions from a Tantric Devi series. The goddess herself rests on a corpse as if on a throne. One of the companions lofts a flywhisk, an old age Indian symbol of attendance on the royal and divine.

A grown young man can also enlarge the aperture of his lingam with a thick wedge long enough to insert into the canal; the youth should stand in water as long as the wound bleeds, and the flow of blood with lessen with time. To prevent the enlarged aperture from contracting, he should engage in sexual intercourse with vigour, even if painful, to clear the orifice. Afterwards, the wound should be washed and cleaned frequently with an astringent decoction, and the hole increased in size by the gradual insertion of thicker and thicker wedges. The widened orifice should be simultaneously cleaned with a paste made of yashtimadhuka, liquorice, and honey mixed with kashayas; the widening process can be continued by inserting karnika or shishapatra sticks anointed liberally with the oil of bhallataka.

A virile holy man takes advantage of his position and plays with the charms of a beautiful village belle.

In the enlarged orifice made in the lingam, the youth may insert various artificial aids of different shapes and sizes. They may be in the shape of a phallic head fully rounded at the end like a wooden pestle, a bud about to bloom; a proboscis; trunk of an elephant, an eight-sided variety; shaped like a top, a flat disc, or umbrella; shringataka, triangular; an assembly of balls; a gadget with locks of hair, and a type described as a crossroad where four roads meet. There are many others, named accordingly to their forms and means of using them. They may be rough or smooth, and are usually selected by young lovers according to their desires and needs, and most of all the appeal they make to the eyes of the beholder, and the resultant arousal of sexual impulses.

In the enlarged orifice made in the lingam a youth may insert artificial aids of different shapes and sizes. They appeal to the eyes of the beholder and result in arousal of sexual impulses.

Enlarging the Phallus

To enlarge the lingam and make it strong, a variety of insects with irritating hair on their bodies, like the kandalika, a type of caterpillar, are removed from the trees on which they thrive, and vigorously rubbed on the skin and prepuce of the phallus, which results in painful swelling. To allay the pain a soothing oil is rubbed all over the organ for at least ten successive nights, after which the insects are applied again, followed by the further application of oil. When in this process, the lingam has swollen considerably, its length can also be increased by lying on a rope bed and allowing it to hang downwards through a hole in the woven rope. When it is as large as possible, the lingam should be bathed in soothing extracts of herbs and oils. This enlargement of the phallus will last for life and is popular among the youth of Dravida; the vitas call it shukashopha, swollen and lengthened in size.

The five faced and ten armed Shiva with the fifth head unseen at the back was worshiped at the main temple in Mandi, North India.

The lingam can be enlarged for one month by rubbing into the skin appropriate vesicants such as the juice of ashvagandha, the root of shabara, the fruit of brihati, and the root of jalashuka. Butter made from buffalo's milk with hastikarna, and vajaravalli will effect a good-sized swelling. The phallus can be enlarged for at least six months by massaging it with oil in which kashayas or any of these ingredients have been boiled; or by rubbing or moistening it with oil boiled on a moderate fire with the seeds of pomegranate, and a mixture of the juices of baluka, cucumber, and fruits of the hastikarna plant and the eggplant. In addition, other means may be learned from experienced persons and confidants.

Miscellaneous Experiments and Love Potions

The mixture of powdered snuhikantaka, thorns of the milk-hedge plant, punarnava, and excreta of a monkey, together with the powdered root of langalika, thrown on the head of a woman, will make her love no one else.

The thickened juice of somalata, avalguja, bhringaraja, vyadhighata, and jambu fruit, applied to a woman's yoni before sex, results in the man's aversion to her.

If a woman bathes in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo, mixed with powders of the gopalika, bahupadika, and jivhika plants, she will lose the affection of the man.

A garland or paste prepared from the flowers of kadamaba, amrataka, and jambu, that is used by a woman, will bring her misfortune.

When an ointment made of the fruit of kokilaksha is applied to the yoni of a Hastini, elephant woman, her yoni will contract for one night. When a paste made by pounding the roots of padma and utpala, white and blue lotus, and the powder of sarjaka and sugandha, with clarified butter and honey, is applied to the yoni of the Mrigi, deer woman, it will expand.

The Great Goddess Kali slaying demons in a vivid depiction of horrific power.

A mixture made of the avalguja fruit, soaked in the milky juice of the milk-hedge, soma and snuhi plants, and the juice of the amalaka fruit, will make the hair fair.

The painting is representative of a relationship connotative as the Linga-yoni, male-female union, symbolically revered by Tantric devotees.

The juice of the roots of the madayantika, the yellow amaranth, the anjanika, girikarnika and shlakshnaparni plants, used as lotion, will make the hair grow rich and dark. A decoction made by boiling these roots in oil, and massaging it into the scalp will make the hair black, and will also gradually restore hair growth.

If alaktaka is saturated seven times in the sweat of the testicle of a white horse, and applied to a red lip, the lip will become pale. The colour of the lips can be reddened by madayantika and other herbal ingredients.

A woman who hears a man playing on a reed pipe which has been dipped into the juices of the bahupadika, kushtha, tagara, talisa, and vajrakanda plants is enslaved by him.

Food mixed with the fruit of dathura, thorn apple, causes intoxication.

Eating lumps of jaggery which has been preserved for a long time restores steadiness of mind. Water mixed with oil and the ashes of any kind of grass except kusha grass, becomes the color of milk.

When a paste made by pounding the roots of certain ayurvedic plants with clarified butter and honey is applied to the yoni of a Mrigi, deer woman, it will expand.

Yellow myrabolans, hog plum, and shrawana priyangu plants, all pounded together and applied to iron pots, oxidizes them red, like copper.

A lady in a jungle skirt charms the snakes out of the trees. The cult of snake worship is integral to India.

Drinking the milk of a white cow with a white calf at her foot is auspicious, gives one fame, and preserves life; the blessings of venerable Brahmins, well propitiated, have the same effect.

There are also some shlokas in conclusion :

Thus have I written in brief the Science of Love, after reading the texts of ancient authors, and following the ways of enjoyment mentioned in them.

He who is acquainted with the true principles of this science pays regard to dharma, artha, kama, and to his own experiences, as well as to the teachings of others, and does not act simply on the dictates of his own desire. As for the unhealthy practices in the science of love which I have mentioned in this work, on my own authority as an author, I have immediately after mentioning them, carefully censured and prohibited them.

An act is never looked upon with indulgence for the simple reason that it is authorized by the science, because it ought to be remembered that it is the intention of the science that the rules which it contains should only be acted upon in particular cases. After reading and considering the works of Babhravya and other ancient authors, and thinking over the meaning of the rules given by them, the Kama Sutra was composed, according to the precepts of the Holy Writ, for the benefit of the world, by Vatsyayana, while leading the life of a religious student, and wholly engaged in the contemplation of the Deity.

Parvati strikes a seductive pose. Ninth century, gilt-copper sculpture.

This work is not intended to be used merely as an instrument for satisfying our desires. A person, acquainted with the true principles of this science, and who preserves his dharma, artha, and kama, and has regard for the practices of the people, is sure to obtain mastery over his senses.

In short, an intelligent and prudent person, attending to dharma and artha, and attending to kama also, without becoming the slave of his passions, obtains success in everything that he may undertake.