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सम्भोग

सम्भोग

Sanskrit

Noun

सम्भोग (sambhogá) m

  1. complete enjoyment, pleasure, delight in (comp.).
  2. carnal or sensual enjoyment, sexual union with (comp.).
  3. (rhetoric) a subdivision of the शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra) or sentiment of love (described as ‘successful love leading to union’, and opposed to विप्रलम्भ (vipralambha, disappointed love, separation)).

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1178