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The work contains nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into ten chapters, which are called
Pachivedas. Some of the things treated of in this work are not to be found in the Vatsyayana, such
as the four classes of women, the Padmini, Chitrini, Shankini and Hastini, as also the enumeration
of the days and hours on which the women of the different classes become subject to love, The
author adds that he wrote these things from the opinions of Gonikaputra and Nandikeshwara, both
of whom are mentioned by Vatsyayana, but their works are not now extant. It is difficult to give any
approximate idea as to the year in which the work was composed. It is only to be presumed that it
was written after that of Vatsyayana, and previous to the other works on this subject that are still
extant. Vatsyayana gives the names of ten authors on the subject, all of whose works he had
consulted, but none of which are extant, and does not mention this one. This would tend to show
that Kukkoka wrote after Vatsya, otherwise Vatsya would assuredly have mentioned him as an
author in this branch of literature along with the others.
The author of the `Five Arrows' was one Jyotirisha. He is called the chief ornament of poets, the
treasure of the sixty-four arts, and the best teacher of the rules of music. He says that he composed
the work after reflecting on the aphorisms of love as revealed by the gods, and studying the
opinions of Gonikaputra, Muladeva, Babhravya, Ramtideva, Nundikeshwara and Kshemandra. It is
impossible to say whether he had perused all the works of these authors, or had only heard about
them; anyhow, none of them appear to be in existence now. This work contains nearly six hundred
verses, and is divided into five chapters, called Sayakas or Arrows.
The author of the `Light of Love' was the poet Gunakara, the son of Vechapati. The work contains
four hundred verses, and gives only a short account of the doctrines of love, dealing more with
other matters.
`The Garland of Love' is the work of the famous poet Jayadeva, who said about himself that he is a
writer on all subjects. This treatise is, however, very short, containing only one hundred and twentyfive
verses.
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