Ananga Ranga
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The Ananga Ranga (Template:Langx) or Kamaledhiplava (Template:Langx) is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text written by Kalyana malla in the 15th or 16th century.<ref name="burtoniana.org">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="google">Template:Cite book</ref> The translators of the manuscript stated that its objective<ref name="IGNCA">Template:Cite book</ref> is not to encourage wantonness, but simply to prevent the separation of husband and wife.
The poet wrote the work for the amusement of Lad Khan, son of Ahmed Khan Lodi. He was related to the Lodi dynasty, which from 1451 to 1526 ruled from Delhi.<ref name="अनङ्गरङ्ग - Anangrang of Mahakavi Kalyan Malla">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Introduction to the History of Sex Manuals by Kamashastra. Template:Webarchive</ref> This work is often compared to the Kama Sutra, on which it draws.
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Ananga Ranga was translated and published in English by the Kama Shastra Society in 1885<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> under the editorship of Sir Richard Francis Burton. After his death, the manuscript of the translation and notes were burnt by his wife Isabel Burton.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>