Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 522: Anaṅgaraṅga University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 522: Anaṅgaraṅga are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 42r). Written in 8 lines per leaf. 42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 522 9959625743503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/847765702 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5962574 Manuscript used as a kind of manual, guide, and treatise on love and sex, predominantly from the male perspective, analyzing and categorizing different types of men and women, according to physical characteristics, mental disposition, and sexual appetite. There is also discussion of the sexual compatibility between different types of men and women, as well as compatibility in marriage. In Sanskrit Anaṅgaraṅga अनङ्गरङ्ग Kalyāṇamalla Colophon: ity anaṃgaraṃgasamāptaḥ // (f. ).

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 1 item (42 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm Sex--India Sex--Religious aspects--Hinduism Marriage--India Love--Religious aspects--Hinduism Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century