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The Ananga Ranga is an Indian love manual written around 1172 AD. It is aimed specifically at preventing the separation of a husband and wife.

It is often compared to the Kama Sutra. Some of the writings of the Ananga Ranga are taken from the Kama Sutra.

The best known edition in English is the 1885 translation by Richard Francis Burton.

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)

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