Very interesting. In the uploader's description on Archiv the date of 1923 is given, and at the end of the scan the mention "Druck von Grimme, Berlin" is visible. This seems to be the English translation ascribed to Richard Schmidt (https://www.indologie.uni-halle.de/institutsgeschichte/richard_schmidt/) referred to in the following notice: https://www.worldcat.org/title/ratirahasyam-or-the-secret-of-sexual-pleasure/oclc/829456170 (cf. given pages: 101 + 35 + 4 like here) unfortunately without library location (however, this ref. must correspond to some catalogue notice). I found the following reference (https://books.google.com/books?id=Jye0BQAAQBAJ p. 519) which could match therewith: "Schmidt, R. Kokkoka's Ratirahasyam. Gesch. u. Gesellsch., N. F. XII. 145 ff.' Unfortunately, the issue 12, 1924/1925, of the "Geschlecht und Gesellschaft" periodical seems unavailable: https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Geschlecht_und_Gesellschaft By the way, the printer, place and typography of the available issues of this journal (in German only) do not correspond to the scan on Archiv, unless it was an autonomous, supplemental, publication of the Berlin "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft" which published the journal (https://magnus-hirschfeld.de/institut/personen/forscher/ ). The fact is that Schmidt published also "Das Weib im altindischen Epos" in Geschlecht und Gesellschaft Bd . 10, 1921 (Dresden Verlag R. A. Giesecke ), pp. 15-23, 57–64 : https://archive.org/details/geschlecht-und-gesellschaft-10.1921/page/14/mode/2up Possibly, Richard Schimdt had prepared/published a German translation before (of which there is no concrete trace, only a reference "[1903] Das Ratirahasyam: Die indische Ars Amatoria", Berlin", at: http://repo.komazawa-u.ac.jp/opac/repository/all/29339/rbb036-20.pdf p. [90]). His English translation was reissued in Calcutta, Medical Book Company [1949], ed. T.N. Ray, together with the translation by Yato Dharma Tato Jaya of the Tamil version of Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar https://www.worldcat.org/title/secrets-of-love/oclc/1245331259 https://www.worldcat.org/title/kokkokam/oclc/637342456 https://www.worldcat.org/title/secrets-of-love/oclc/5587060 2nd rev. ed. of , Calcutta : S. Ghattack for Medical Book Co, 1960 https://www.worldcat.org/title/kokkokam/oclc/249083479 https://www.worldcat.org/title/kokkokam-rati-rahasyam/oclc/233904615 It can be seen that the notes of this translation refer to two London IO mss. also dealt with by Schmidt in his work on Indian erotics (3rd ed. 1922; 1st ed. 1901, 2nd ed. 1910): https://archive.org/details/beitrgezurindi00schm/page/64/mode/2up
Bw Christophe Le 16 juin 2022 à 07:05, Ajit Gargeshwari via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : The book is Koka Shastra: Being The Ratirahasya Of Kokkoka And Other Medieval Indian Writings On Love By Alex Comfort . The Book has 176 Pages and the one at archives for which you have given the link has 146 pages. I Suppose The introductory and cover pages are missing.. 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I wonder if anyone could kindly provide me with more information about this particular translation of Ratirahasya (Kokaśāstra)? https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.219313/page/n3/mode/2up<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fin.ernet.dli.2015.219313%2Fpage%2Fn3%2Fmode%2F2up&data=05%7C01%7Cchristophe.vielle%40uclouvain.be%7Ce7d973d709d24b91224f08da4f55e0bb%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637909527512265522%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iebw2Gujarrk4qmxtaZsERyG8mMYNF9i%2BVLTQlY866o%3D&reserved=0> Neither its translator nor publishing place is indicated in the document, and it's clear that it's not the translation of either Alex Comfort or S. C. Upadhyaya. I would really appreciate it if anyone could kindly shed some light on this. 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