The Ananga Ranga is an Indianlove manual written around 1172 CE. It is aimed specifically at preventing the separation of a husband and wife. Sex manuals are books which explain how to perform sexual intercourse and other sexual practices. ... Events Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. ... Separation may refer to a several different subjects: In chemistry, separation refers to the separation process. ...
It is often compared to the Kama Sutra. Some of the writings of the Ananga Ranga are taken from the Kama Sutra. Modern translated version of the original Sanskrit. ...
The best known edition in English is the 1885 translation by Richard Francis Burton. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Richard Burton, portrait by Frederic Leighton, National Portrait Gallery, London. ...
The contents of the chapters of Burton's translation of the Ananga Ranga are as follows:
Chapter I: considers the four classes of women
Chapter II: Of The Various Seats Of Passion In Women
Chapter III: Of The Different Kinds Of Men And Women
Chapter IV: Description Of The General Qualities, Characteristics, Temperaments, Etc., Of Women.
Chapter V: Characteristics Of The Women Of Various Lands
Chapter VI: Treating Of Vashikarana
Chapter VII: Of Different Signs In Men And Women
Chapter VIII: Treating Of External Enjoyments
Chapter IX: Treating Of Internal Enjoyments In Its Various Forms
Appendix I: Astrology In Connection With Marriage
Appendix II: (considers a variety of alchemical recipes, which are either potentially lethal, or completely ineffective as a remedy, or both)
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