Back রতিরহস্য Bengali/Bangla Ratirahasya German रतिरहस्य Hindi Ratirahaszja Hungarian Koka Sastra Italian ラティラハスヤ Japanese रतिरहस्य Marathi रतिरहस्य Nepali Ratirahasya Portuguese Кокошастра Russian
| Author | Kokkoka |
|---|---|
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Subject | Human sexuality |
| Genre | Sex manual |
Publication date | 11th or 12th century |
| Publication place | India |
Published in English | 1964 |
| Media type | Printed |
| Pages | 172 |
The Ratirahasya (Sanskrit रतिरहस्य) (translated in English as Secrets of Love, also known as the Koka Shastra) is an early medieval Indian sex manual written by Kokkoka, a poet, who is variously described as Koka or Koka Pandit.[1][2][3][4] The exact date of its writing is not known, but it is estimated the text was written in the 11th or 12th century.[2] It is speculated that Ratirahasya was written to please a king by the name Venudutta. Kokkoka describes himself in the book as siddha patiya pandita, i.e. "an ingenious man among learned men".[1][5] The manual was written in Sanskrit.[6]
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