Kalyanamalla

Kalyanamalla or Kalyan Malla was a 15th–16th-century Indian poet and writer of ''Ananga Ranga'' aka 'Stage of the Bodiless One', a sanskrit manuscript on 'Art of Love'.

The arch-poet Kalyan Malla was a prince, a grandson of King Trailyokyachandra of Karpur Dynasty and son of Gaja Malla.

Kalyanamalla was from Kalinga and belonged to the Brahmin caste.

In one of his verses in Anangaranga, he speaks of the importance of a fine environment for lovemaking:

Kalyana Malla is also known for his work ''Suleiman Charitra'' which is a fascinating blend of cultural traditions. He narrates a biblical tale in classical Sanskrit for his Muslim patron, a sixteenth-century Lodhi prince. The story of David and Bathsheba unfolds sensually, capturing the bathing scene, David's infatuation, his relentless pursuit, and their eventual union, all depicted through the shringara rasa, or the erotic mode, in the divine language of the gods, Classical Sanskrit. It's a Sanskrit rendering of Hebraic and Arabic tales which elegantly brings together the east and the west. In a verse, he wrote:

There was once a mighty lord of Ayodhya. In splendour and prowess, he was like Indra, the king of gods...Brave and devoted to public welfare, he was the famous King Ahmad, always kind and merciful, a bright jewel of the Lodi line.

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