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The Apadravya is a male genital body piercing.
Like the Ampalling, the Apadravya is a piercing that passes through the glans penis; while the Ampallang passes horizontally through the glans, the Apadravya passes vertically through the glans from top to bottom, almost always placed centrally and passing through the urethra unless it is purposefully offset. The piercing is normally done on a slight forward angle. An Apadravya is essentially a combined Prince Albert (PA) and Reverse PA (sometimes called a half-Apadravya). The jewellry is nearly always a straight barbell.
The Apadravya is one of the more intense male piercings, passing as it does through the most sensitive part of the penis; it is generally thought of as the most pleasurable for female sexual partners.
Variations include the shaft apadravya which pierces the shaft; the magic cross which is a combined apadravya and ampalling; and the apadydoe.
An apadravya is a male genital piercing which passes vertically through the glans penis, typically through the urethra, although non-centered apadravyas are also possible. The piercing is supposedly described in the Kama Sutra.
Apadravyas are sometimes pierced in two sessions, the first creating a Prince Albert piercing, and the second (after healing) completing an apadravya. (The upper half of the piercing is not the same as a Reverse Prince Albert piercing: while both pass through the same tissue, the angle is different.)
Straight barbells are the usual jewelry for apadravya piercings. The barbell must be long enough to accommodate erection, so the penis must be measured while erect before piercing, and an allowance must be made for ballooning of the urethra during ejaculation.
The apadravya piercing has been nicknamed "happydravya" for the added pleasure it is said to provide to the wearer or partner. If the penis has been subincised or meatotomized, the piercing is called a halfadravya.
The apadravya is related to the ampallang piercing, which passes through the glans horizontally. The combination of an apadravya and an ampallang is sometimes called a "magic cross".
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