The Annabhoga of the Manasollasa
English Translation of Annbhoga of Manasollasa. The Manasollasa of King Someshvara is a text that describes the life and duties of the king. The Annabhoga is one of the famous chapters of the text which describes the foods, and their preparation. This text is dated to the 12th century CE. Some of the foods mentioned in this text are precursors to familiar modern day Indian food. Translation: This Annabhoga is spoken now. Relatives, lords of the temples, neighbors, honorable ones, soldiers, servants, fellow servants, those experienced in singing and instruments, having been invited into a desirable place, which is elegant, the king shall feast. The king should eat with his sons, grandsons,, and their sons. In that manner, to be eaten, devoured, drunk, licked, sucked up. Such is the 5 fold heartful manner that the lord of the earth should enjoy. There is raktashali rice, mahashali rice, gandhashali rice, the kalingaka plant, the mundashali, sthulashali, shukshmashali rice as ...