Appendix Ii : APPENDIX II Now is related the Rasayana, or preparation of metals for medicinal purposes. FIRST RECIPE For the curing of disease caused by quicksilver. 1 Take sixty-four Tolas (each three drachms) of the juice of betel-plant ("piper betel"); mix with equal quantities of the juice of Bhringaraj...
Appendix I. Astrology In Connection With Marriage : APPENDIX I ASTROLOGY IN CONNECTION WITH MARRIAGE 1 Now is related the effect resulting from the consonance and dissonance, amity and hospitality, between the stars (and destinies) of a couple proposed to be bride and bridegroom. 2 Having ascertained that the houses ("kula"), the family names...
Introduction : 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...
Title Page : THE ANANGA RANGA Translated By SIR RICHARD F. BURTON Cosmopoli, For the Kama shastra society of London and Benares, and for private circulation only, [1885] Scanned At Www.sacred-texts.com, October 2000. This Text Is In The Public Domain. These Files May Be Used For Any Non-commercial Purpose...
Chapter Ix. Treating Of Internal Enjoyments : CHAPTER IX TREATING OF INTERNAL ENJOYMENTS IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS By "internal enjoyment", is meant the art of congress which follows the various external preliminaries described in the last chapter. These embraces, kisses and sundry manipulations, must always be practised according to the taste...
Chapter Iv. Description Of The General Qualities : CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL QUALITIES, CHARACTERISTICS, TEMPERAMENTS, ETC, OF WOMEN THE following table will show the peculiarities of women according to the four periods of life during which she is open to love. It may be premised that she is called Kanya from birth to the age of eight...
Chapter V. Characteristics Of The Women : CHAPTER V CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WOMEN OF VARIOUS LANDS Furthermore, after dividing women into many different classes, it will be desirable to consider them with reference to the countries in which they dwell. The remarks will be confined to the Arya-vartta, the Land of Men, bounded by the Himalay...
Chapter I : CHAPTER I SECTION I Of The Four Orders Of Women. First, let it be understood, that women must be divided into four classes of temperament. These are:-- 1. Padmini 2. Chatrini; 3. Shankhini; and 4. Hastini. The same correspond with the four different phases of Moksha, or Release from further...
Chapter Vi. Treating Of Vashikarana : CHAPTER VI TREATING OF VASHIKARANA VASHIKMUNA is the art by which man or woman is rendered submissive and obedient to the fascinator, who for that purpose uses certain drugs and charms. And first the magic "Talaka." 1 FIRST PRESCRIPTION The holy sage Vatsyayana Muni 2 hath declared that whosoever...
Chapter Ii. Of The Various Seats Of Passi : CHAPTER II OF THE VARIOUS SEATS OF PASSION IN WOMEN And, further, let men know that passion resides in different parts and members of the woman's person, and that by applying to these the necessary Chandrakala 1 or preparatory "attouchements", great comfort and pleasure are experienced by both...
Chapter Viii. Treating Of External Enjoyments : CHAPTER VIII TREATING OF EXTERNAL ENJOYMENTS By "external enjoyments" are meant the processes which should always precede internal enjoyment or coition. The wise have said that before congress, we must develop the desire of the weaker sex through certain preliminaries, which are many and various;...
Chapter Iii. Of The Different Kinds Of Men : CHAPTER III OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEN AND WOMEN SECTION I Men THEN are three kinds of men, namely, the Shastra, or the Hare-man; the Vrishabha, or Bull-man, and the Ashwa, or Horse-man. 1 These may be described by explanation of their nature, and by enumeration of their accidents. The Shasha is...
Chapter Vii. Of Different Signs In Men And Women : CHAPTER VII OF DIFFERENT SIGNS IN MEN AND WOMEN 1 THE characteristics of a woman whom we should take to wife, are as follows: She should come from a family of equal rank with that of her husband, a house which is known to be valiant and chaste, wise and learned, prudent and patient, correct...