Ananga Ranga

The Ananga Ranga is a collection of erotic works, which includes sections from the Kama Sutra. It was written around 1172 AD to prevent the separation of a husband and wife. The author, Kalyana Malla, believed the main reason for separation was the monotony that follows marriage or couple hood and a couple’s want for variety in their sexual life.

The books consists 9 chapters mainly describing the types of women, the periods when they are most fertile and of course Sexual Positions. By Burton's translation of the Ananga Ranga the chapters 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

The author of Ananga Ranga believed that the main reason for separation between married couples was the desire of the husband to have varied pleasures due to the monotony in the relationship. For that reason, the Ananga Ranga was written in order to prevent this separation, by including descriptions of several different types of kissing, biting, and even spanking, not to mention a whole collection of sex positions. Such sex positions were divided in chapters, according to initial positions. Kalyana believed the maintenance of a marriage to be the man's responsibility, and for that reason, the Ananga Ranga was written exclusively for men. Ananga Ranga is also known as Kama Shastra, particularly in editions that focus on the sex positions chapters.

Sounds interesting so far, well you may want to start reading online !

Wed, Feb 9 2010

Soumen Roy says:

I want see the style of Ananga Ranga

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