Ananga Ranga

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Representation of a sexual act

The Ananga Ranga (stage of love) (also Anunga Runga ) was written by Kalyanmalla (also Kalyanamalla or Kullianmull ) in the 15th or 16th century AD. The work is also known as Kamaledhiplava (boat in the sea of ​​love). The poet wrote the work in honor of Lad Khan , son of Ahmed Khan Lodi . Lad Khan was also known as Ladana Mull and Ladanaballa and ruled Jaunpur . It was related to (or related to) the Lodi Dynasty , which ruled India from 1451 to 1526.

The work

The Ananga Ranga is a 10-chapter commentary on Ratirahasya and was translated into English by Sir Richard Francis Burton in 1885 .

Satisfaction and enjoyment for a man come from owning a beautiful woman. Men marry for privacy, love, and convenience, and they often have beautiful and attractive women. But they do not give them complete satisfaction, nor do they thoroughly enjoy their charms. The reason is their ignorance of the scriptures of Kamashastra and their disdain for different types of women. These men only look at women from an animal's perspective. You are foolish and mindless. The work is supposed to protect life and love from being so wasted.

The author wants to show with his work that a woman is enough for a man. Instructions are provided for a husband to use to encourage love for his wife through sexual pleasures . The husband should please his wife and himself through sexual variations , so that life with her is the same as with 32 different women. Through the constantly changing sexual pleasures, she is able to create harmony and thus prevents the married couple from getting tired of each other. In addition to the extensive catalog of sexual positions to arouse both partners, the Ananga Ranga places great emphasis on foreplay and seduction . For example, the author notes that a woman's sexual appetite is greatest just before and after menstruation .

content

The chapters in Sir RF Burton's translation are:

    • Chapter 1 - Of the four classes of women
    • Chapter 2 - Of the Different Types of Passion in Women
    • Chapter 3 - About the Different Types of Men and Women
    • Chapter 4 - Description of the general qualities, characteristics, temperaments etc. of women
    • Chapter 5 - Characteristics of Women from Different Countries
    • Chapter 6 - Address by Vashikarana deal
    • Chapter 7 - Of the various signs men and women
    • Chapter 8 - Engaging in External Pleasures
    • Chapter 9 - Dealing with Inner Pleasures in its Various Forms
    • Appendix I - Astrology Associated with Marriage
    • Appendix II - (Some prescriptions for medicinal purposes)

Expenses (selection)

  • Sir Richard Burton: Ananga Ranga - The Hindu Art of Love . Vision / Orient Paperbacks, 1998, ISBN 81-222-0227-6 (English).
  • Sir Richard Burton: The Illustrated Kama Sutra. Ananga-Ranga and Perfumed Garden . Park Street Press, 1991, ISBN 0-89281-441-1 (English).
  • Kalyana Malla: The Hindu Art of Love: A Translation of the Ananga Ranga . Pilgrims Publishing, Kathmandu, Nepal 2000, ISBN 81-7769-002-7 (English).
  • Kalyanamalla: Ananga Ranga . Mestas Ediciones, 2006, ISBN 978-84-95994-43-1 (Spanish).
  • Kalyana Malla: Ananga Ranga . Longseller SA, 2005, ISBN 987-550-567-6 (English).
  • Kalyana Malla: Ananga Ranga . Giron Spanish Books Distributors, 2006, ISBN 970-666-116-6 (Spanish).
  • Kalyāṇamalla: Ananga Ranga: Oriental love teaching . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-442-06770-7 .
  • Kalyanamalla: Illustrated Kalyanamallas Anangaranga: An Indian erotic . In: Chaukhambha Oriental Research Studies . Chaukhambha Orientalia, 1983 (Sanskrit, Sanskrit with English translation).
  • Kalyāṇamalla, HS Gambers, Sivalenka Rama: Ananga Ranga: Stage of the Bodiless One. The Hindu Art of Love . Medical Press of New York, New York 1964 (English).
  • Kalyanamalla, Eduard Kolb, Julius Weltmann: The Ananga-Ranga of the Kalyana Malla . Karl Schustek Verlag, 1964.
  • F. Leiter / HH Thal .: Love in the Orient. Schneider & Co, Vienna & Leipzig 1929 (3 volumes: I. The Kamasutram of Vatsyayana. With appendix The erotic in Indian art. II. Anangaranga. The stage of the god of love. III. The fragrant garden of Sheik Nefzaui. ).
  • Sandhya Mulchandani: Erotic Literature of Ancient India: Kama Sutra, Koka Shastra, Gita Govindam and Ananga Ranga . Roli Books, New Delhi 2006, ISBN 81-7436-384-X (English).
  • SN Prasad: Illustrated Kalyananakk's Anangaranga. An Indian Erotic . In: Chaukhambha Oriental Research Series . No. 24 . Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia, 1983 (Sanskrit, Sanskrit text with English translation).
  • P. Thomas: Anangaranga . Simon & Wahl, 2004, ISBN 978-3-923330-91-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Introduction to the History of Sex Manuals ) at Kamashastra@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / kamashastra.com
  2. ↑ Ananga-Ranga
  3. ↑ APHRODISIACS An Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdwom ( Memento from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )