The Koka Shastra: And Other Medieval Indian Writings on Love

Preface by W. G. Archer INTRODUCTION I General II The Later Texts 1 The Pañcasāyaka (The Five Arrows) 2 The Kandarpacūdāmanī (The Tiara of the Love-God) 3 The Smaradīpikā (The Light of Love) 4 The Ananga Ranga (The Stage of the Love-God) 5 The Ratimañjarī (The Posy of Love) 6 The Dinālāpanikā Śukasaptatí (The Seventy Discourse of the Parrot) 7 Other texts THE KOKA SHASTRA 1 Of the Physical Types and their Seasons 2 Of the Lunar Calendar 3 Of Physical Types by their genital characters 4 Of Women by their Ages, Temperaments and Dispositions 5 Of Women by Custom and Place 6 Of Embraces 7 Of Kisses 8 Of Love-Marks 9 Of Coition and the various coital postures 10 Of Love-blows and love-cries 11 The Wooing of a Bride 12 Concerning Wives 13 Concerning relations with Strange Women 14 Concerning Love-spells 15 Concerning Recipes References