Though different people describe orgasm in different ways, and call it by different names, in essence they all agree that it is a state of supreme pleasurable satiety where there is a feeling of ‘enough and nothing more’.

Gujarati people call it ‘Sukh’ (happiness), Hindi speakers term it as ‘Santosh’ (satisfaction) Bohras name it as ‘Paramsukh’ (eternal happiness), Maharashtrians call it ‘Samadhan’ (satisfaction), in Urdu it is called ‘Sukun’ (perfect satisfaction), Sindhis call it ‘Shanti’ (peace), in Tamil, it is termed as ‘Trupti’ (satisfaction) and as ‘Santrupti’ (perfect satisfaction) in Telugu, in Kashmir it is called as ‘Khushi’ (ecstasy) and slum dwellers call it ‘Nasha’ (intoxication), English speaking people call it ‘Climax’.

It is interesting to note that different people in the diversity of their ethnic, socio-cultural and linguistic background are united in the expression and description of their orgasmic experience, which they unanimously agree, is, in essence, a sense of supreme pleasurable satiety and ecstasy.

When an individual has sexual desire he departs from the normal state and enters into the ‘sexual state’ and is deemed to have undergone ‘sexual grounding’. ‘Sexual grounding’ or the ‘Sexual state’ is a state in which the subject becomes receptive to the perception of stimuli inputs as sexual. Once this occurs, psycho-biological stimuli arouse the sex centre in the brain which starts sending out impulses, which are usually pleasurable. When such impulses reach the genitalia they lead to congestion of blood which is usually manifested as erection in the male and lubrication in the female. Further stimuli further arouse the individual and eventually lead to orgasm.