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The Illustrated Kama Sutra : Ananga-Ranga and Perfumed Garden - The Classic Eastern Love Texts
Illustrated Kama Sutra, Ananga-Ranga, Perfumed Garden, by Fowkes, Charles, ed; tr. by Richard Burton and F.F. Arbuthnot
160 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1991
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Richard Francis Burton
1,634 books252 followersCaptain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages.
Burton's best-known achievements include travelling in disguise to Mecca, an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (also commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after Andrew Lang's adaptation), bringing the Kama Sutra to publication in English, and journeying with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans led by Africa's greatest explorer guide, Sidi Mubarak Bombay, utilizing route information by Indian and Omani merchants who traded in the region, to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Burton extensively criticized colonial policies (to the detriment of his career) in his works and letters. He was a prolific and erudite author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including human behaviour, travel, falconry, fencing, sexual practices, and ethnography. A unique feature of his books is the copious footnotes and appendices containing remarkable observations and unexpurgated information.
He was a captain in the army of the East India Company serving in India (and later, briefly, in the Crimean War). Following this he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa and led an expedition guided by the locals and was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika. In later life he served as British consul in Fernando Po, Santos, Damascus and, finally, Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) in 1886.
Burton's best-known achievements include travelling in disguise to Mecca, an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (also commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after Andrew Lang's adaptation), bringing the Kama Sutra to publication in English, and journeying with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans led by Africa's greatest explorer guide, Sidi Mubarak Bombay, utilizing route information by Indian and Omani merchants who traded in the region, to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Burton extensively criticized colonial policies (to the detriment of his career) in his works and letters. He was a prolific and erudite author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including human behaviour, travel, falconry, fencing, sexual practices, and ethnography. A unique feature of his books is the copious footnotes and appendices containing remarkable observations and unexpurgated information.
He was a captain in the army of the East India Company serving in India (and later, briefly, in the Crimean War). Following this he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa and led an expedition guided by the locals and was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika. In later life he served as British consul in Fernando Po, Santos, Damascus and, finally, Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) in 1886.
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December 18, 2025
And the geographical line of sodomy corresponds with that of the flaccid bosom.
October 29, 2012
Giggling all the way through.
Yes I am immature like so!
Yes I am immature like so!
April 22, 2021
Not the best of translations but gives you an overall idea, explains many things of the Indian society.n
March 30, 2023
Jeg smiler over denne elskovsopskrift:
“Indgnid lingam med eskrementerne fra en Mahishi (bøffelko) og tilsæt melet. Den vokser med det samme og bliver hård som den stok, der anvendes til at knuse ris med. Denne opskrift er kendt for at være meget virkningsfuld”. 🤣🤣🤣
Bogen fortsætter med dette guldkorn:
“…en hvilken som helst mand, der tager et pulver, lavet af springbalsam, af rødder af den grønne Lotus, af Bassia latifolia og af bygblomst, og som, efter at have blandet en smule af sin egen Kama-salila (sperm), anbringer noget af det som sekt-mærke på panden, kan betvinge enhver kvinde. Uanset hvor arrogant hun måtte være, vil hun ikke kunne modstå selv hans mest frivole lyster”.
Og sådan fortsætte opskrifterne
Det er bare med at komme igang med hjemme apoteket.
Sidste del af bogen er fyldt med kreative illustrationer af samlejestilinger som alle skal prøves 😈
God fornøjelse 🔥🔥🔥
“Indgnid lingam med eskrementerne fra en Mahishi (bøffelko) og tilsæt melet. Den vokser med det samme og bliver hård som den stok, der anvendes til at knuse ris med. Denne opskrift er kendt for at være meget virkningsfuld”. 🤣🤣🤣
Bogen fortsætter med dette guldkorn:
“…en hvilken som helst mand, der tager et pulver, lavet af springbalsam, af rødder af den grønne Lotus, af Bassia latifolia og af bygblomst, og som, efter at have blandet en smule af sin egen Kama-salila (sperm), anbringer noget af det som sekt-mærke på panden, kan betvinge enhver kvinde. Uanset hvor arrogant hun måtte være, vil hun ikke kunne modstå selv hans mest frivole lyster”.
Og sådan fortsætte opskrifterne
Det er bare med at komme igang med hjemme apoteket.
Sidste del af bogen er fyldt med kreative illustrationer af samlejestilinger som alle skal prøves 😈
God fornøjelse 🔥🔥🔥
Want to Read
April 15, 2009When I finally get to read this book I will be able to let my imagination go wild for all the sex that I have not had in years and will probably never experience again. This is one of the down sides of being single, alone and 50.
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