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The Kādambarī of Bāṇa

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2017
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Trees of paradise.

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A pun on pīḍā, grief.

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A pun on pīḍā, a chaplet.

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Read īrshyāṃ, vyathāṃ, and roshaṃ, as the Calcutta edition.

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‘All the rasas,’ the ten emotions of love, fear, etc., enumerated by writers on rhetoric.

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Because water was poured out to ratify a gift.

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Bhāshitā, literally, ‘addressed by’; or read, bhāvitā, ‘entering into the spirit of.’

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Read nirdākshiṇyayā.

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A bundle of peacock feathers waved by the conjuror to bewilder the audience.

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The dark blue of the bees was like the blue veil worn by women going to meet their lovers.

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This passage is condensed.

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Read musho.

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I.e., ‘relic,’ or ‘remaining.’

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Read Mahāçvetāṃ.

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Cf. ‘Harsha Carita’ (Bombay edition, p. 272), ‘Parameçvarottamāngapātadurlalitāngām’.

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Read Kumudamayyā.

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A tree of paradise.

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Tālī, a kind of palm; Kandala, a plantain.

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Or, reading avirala, thick coming.

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The Vishṇu Purāṇa, Bk. ii., ch. ii., calls Mandara the Mountain of the East; Gandhamādana, of the South; Vipula, of the West; and Supārçva, of the North.

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Father of Kuvera.

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Brahmā.

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A phrase denoting readiness to obey. V. supra, p. 15.

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Pouring water into the hand was the confirmation of a gift. V. supra, p. 150.

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Transpose iti.

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