Suka Dravidian Penis Enlargement

south indian phallic magnification procedure involving application of bristled insects or water parasites.

it is recorded in the kama sutra: “when a man wishes to enlarge his lingam, he should rub it with the bristles of certain insects that live in trees, & then, after rubb.g it for 10 nights with oils, he should again rub it with the bristles as before. by continuing to do this a swelling will be gradually produced in the lingam, & he should then lie on a cot, & cause his lingam to hang down through a hole in the cot. after this he should take away all the pain from the swell.g by using cool concoctions. the swell.g, which is called suka, & is often brought about among the people of the dravida country, lasts for life.” (burton op cit, p 174-5)

it is also mentioned in the sushruta samhita: “in this text, there are a number of ref.s that allude to diseases
of the genitalia that result from attempts at penile lengthening (bhish-gratna, 1911). the sect.n on pathology
(nidana-sthana) specifically states: ‘ … through practice of getting the (p-n-s abnormally elongated by pr-cking
the) bristles of a water parasite (suka) into its body … {&} a man who foolishly resorts to the practice of getting it abnormally elongated & swollen by plastering it with suka (a kind of irritating water insect) & not in the usual officinal way.’ ({v2} pp. 81, 94) the latter segment implies that there was an accepted method of performing this procedure.” (ashrafian, op cit)
1) the views of dr. ashrafian of the dept. of biosurgery & surgical technology, imperial college london on suka dravidian p-n-s enlargement are as follows: “from these accounts, it can be discerned that the application of the bristles of a suka insect results in an immune mediated reaction that leads to swelling & permanent penile organomegally. the kama sutra {‘the kama sutra of vatsyayana’ rf burton. london: kama shastra society, 1883, pt vii ch ii, p 174-5} alludes to the finding that these insects are found in trees, whereas in the sushruta samhita {‘an engl. trans. of the the sushruta samhita’ v2. kk bhish-gratna. calcutta: bharat mihir press, 1911} , the application of water-borne insect bristles leads to genital pathology. … suka, therefore, could be a name for one or a variety of arthropods that could transmit & result in genital filariasis & subsequent elephantiasis, cause myiasis by infestation of tissue with fly larvae (kahn, 1999 {‘myiasis secondary to sermatobia hominis (human botfly) presenting as a long-standing breast m-ss’ dg kahn. arch. path. & lab. medicine, 123 (1999): 829} ) or bring about some other immune mediated condition that induces penile organomegally. this practice no longer seems to exist in the indian subcontinent.” (‘an ancient indian method of p-n-s lengthening’ hutan ashrafian. arch. s-x. behav. 38 (2009):4-5)

2) “šūka. … 1. small, black ant. … 2. elephant ” (‘tamil lexicon’ univ of madras, 1924-1936, p.1555)