title: Ananga Ranga: The Hindu Art of Love Illustrated
author:  Kalyana Malla 
description: The Ananga Ranga (Stage of Love) or Kamaledhiplava (Boat in the Sea of Love) is an Indian sex manual written by Kalyana malla in the 15th or 16th century. The poet wrote the work in honor of Lad Khan, son of Ahmed Khan Lodi. He was related to the Lodi dynasty, which from 1451 to 1526 ruled from Delhi. Later commentators have said it is aimed specifically at preventing the separation of a husband and wife. This work is often compared to the Kama Sutra, on which it draws. It was translated into English in the year 1885, under the editorship of Sir Richard Francis Burton and consequently burnt by his wife Isabel Burton in the weeks following his death. The work was intended to show that a woman is enough for a man. The book provides instructions in how a husband can promote the love for his wife through sexual pleasure. The husband can so greatly enjoy living with his wife, that it is as if he had lived with 32 different women. The increasingly varied sexual pleasures are able to produce harmony, thus preventing the married couple from getting tired of one another. In addition to the extensive catalogue of sexual positions for both partners, there are details regarding foreplay and lure. 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)
zlib_text: THE ANANGA RANGA
  Stage of Love
   
  Kalyana Malla
   
  Translated by
   
  Sir Richard Francis Burton
  Isabel Burton
   
  1885
  
  INTRODUCTION
   
  MAY you be purified by Parvati[1] who coloured the nails of her hands,
  which were white like the waters of Ganges, with lac after seeing the fire on
  the forehead of Shambhu; who painted her eyes with collyrium after seeing
  the dark hues of Shambhu's neck and whose body-hair stood erect (with
  desire) after seeing in a mirror the ashes on Shambhu's body.
   
  I invoke thee, O Kamadeva! thee the sportive; thee, the wanton one, who
  dwellest in the hearts of all created beings;
   
  Thou instillest courage in time of war; thou destroyedst Sambar' A'sura and
  the Rakshasas; thou sufficest unto Rati[2], and to the loves and pleasures of
  the world;
   
  Thou art ever cheerful, removing uneasiness and overactivity, and thou givest
  comfort and happiness to the mind of man.
   
  King Ahmad was the ornament of the Lodi House. He was a Sea, having for
  waters the tears shed by the wido