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The Ananga Ranga
Translated by Sir Richard Burton
 
Table of Contents
The Ananga Ranga.............................................................................................................................................1
Translated by Sir Richard Burton............................................................................................................1INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................1CHAPTER I.............................................................................................................................................3CHAPTER II. OF THE VARIOUS SEATS OF PASSION IN WOMEN..............................................7CHAPTER III.OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEN AND WOMEN..........................................16CHAPTER IV.DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL QUALITIES, CHARACTERISTICS,TEMPERAMENTS, ETC, OF WOMEN..............................................................................................21CHAPTER V. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WOMEN OF VARIOUS LANDS............................25CHAPTER VI.TREATING OF VASHIKARANA..............................................................................27CHAPTER VII. OF DIFFERENT SIGNS IN MEN AND WOMEN[1]...............................................30CHAPTER VIII. TREATING OF EXTERNAL ENJOYMENTS........................................................39CHAPTER IX. TREATING OF INTERNAL ENJOYMENTS IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS..............47
APPENDIX I.....................................................................................................................................................53ASTROLOGY IN CONNECTION WITH MARRIAGE[1]........................................................................54APPENDIX II....................................................................................................................................................61
The Ananga Rangai
 
The Ananga Ranga
Translated by Sir Richard Burton
This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online.http://www.blackmask.comINTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER I
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CHAPTER II. OF THE VARIOUS SEATS OF PASSION IN WOMEN
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CHAPTER III.OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEN AND WOMEN
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CHAPTER IV.DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL QUALITIES, CHARACTERISTICS,TEMPERAMENTS, ETC, OF WOMEN
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CHAPTER V. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WOMEN OF VARIOUS LANDS
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CHAPTER VI.TREATING OF VASHIKARANA
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CHAPTER VII. OF DIFFERENT SIGNS IN MEN AND WOMEN[1]
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CHAPTER VIII. TREATING OF EXTERNAL ENJOYMENTS
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CHAPTER IX. TREATING OF INTERNAL ENJOYMENTS IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS
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APPENDIX IASTROLOGY IN CONNECTION WITH MARRIAGE[1]APPENDIX II
INTRODUCTION
MAY you be purified by Parvati[1] who coloured the nails of her hands, which were white like the waters of [1. The mountain−goddess of many names, wife of Shiva, the third person of the Hindu Trinity, who is heretermed Shambhu for Swayambhu, the Self−Existent. The invocation is abrupt and does not begin with thebeginning, Ganesha (Janus), Lord of Incepts, who is invariably invoked by the Hindu, that he may further thenew undertaking. This god is worshipped under the form of a short stout man, with an elephant's trunk andprotuberant belly. (See Vol. 111, P. 38, "A View of the History, Literature, and Mythology of the Hindus," byWilliam Ward, of Serampore, London, 1832.) The loves of Krishna and the sixteen thousand milkmaids arerecorded in the Bhagavat; this eleventh incarnation of Vishnu is a dark−blue man, playing with both handsupon the pipe, whilst Radha, his wife, stands his left side. Kamadeva, or the Hindu Cupid, the son of Bramha,is represented as a beautiful youth, the most lovely of all the gods, holding a bow and flower−tipped arrow,with which, while wandering through perfumed glades, accompanied by Rati, his spouse, he wounds thehearts of the inhabitants of the Triloka or Three Worlds. Sir William Jones says that he appears to correspondwith the Greek Eros and the Roman Cupido, but that the Indian description of his person and arms, hisfamily, attendants and attributes has new and peculiar beauties. Sambar' A'sura was one of the Rakshasas,gigantic and diabolical beings, whom Kama slew.]Ganges, with lac after seeing the fire on the forehead of Shambhu; who painted her eyes with collyrium afterseeing the dark hues of Shambhu's neck and whose body−hair stood erect (with desire) after seeing in a
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