वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

114 VĀSAVADATTĀ
of legs with ⟨reddened feet⟩ as grammar¹ has ⟨rubricated pādas⟩;
with ⟨goodly joints⟩ as the Bhārata ² has ⟨a hundred books⟩;
charming with ⟨beautiful ankles⟩ as the Rāmāyaṇa is charming
with its ⟨Sundarakāṇḍa⟩; [235] with a glorious ⟨slender waist⟩
as the Chandōviciti has the glorious ⟨tanumadhyā metre⟩ ³; with
⟨hands and ears that must be reckoned with⟩ as astronomy has
the ⟨hasta and śravaṇa ⁴ that may be counted⟩; ⟨revealing her
beauty⟩ as the permanence of the Nyāya system ⁵ has its ⟨form
from Uddyōtakara⟩; decked with ⟨ornaments⟩ as an assembly of
Buddhists ⁶ is decked with the ⟨Alaṁkāra⟩; [236] showing the
⟨essence of delight⟩ as an Upaniṣad shows him whose ⟨being is
bliss⟩ ⁷; with beautiful ⟨feet⟩ as an abode with a family of Brāh-
mans has beautiful ⟨conduct⟩; with lovely ⟨buttocks⟩ as the
beauty of the Vindhya Mountains has lovely ⟨slopes⟩; beautified
with ⟨massy hips⟩ as Tārā ⁸ was beautified in being the ⟨wife of
the Teacher⟩; with a slender ⁹ ⟨waist⟩ that might be grasped by
the hand as (Indra's) bolt ¹⁰ of a hundred points has a slender ⁹
⟨middle⟩ that might be grasped by the hand; with a ⟨lovely face⟩
as the friend of Priyaṅguśyāmā was ⟨Priyadarśanā⟩ ¹¹; ⟨glorious as
the moon⟩ as Brahmadatta's queen was ⟨Sōmaprabhā⟩ ¹²; [237]
⟨incomparable⟩ as the female elephant of the (southwest) quarter
was ⟨Anupamā⟩; adorned with a ⟨sectarial mark⟩ as the seashore

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¹ Alluding to the red colophons of the pādas, or quarter-divisions, of each book of
Pāṇini's grammar.
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'Mahābhārata.' On the reference see Cartellieri,
'Das Mahābhārata bei Subandhu und Bāṇa,' in WZKM. 13. 71.
³ See Weber, Ueber die Metrik der Inder, pp. 365-366, Berlin, 1863, the scheme
being ――∪ | ∪――.
⁴ Two nakṣatras, or lunar mansions, corresponding respectively to δ, γ, ε, α, β
Corvi, and α, β, γ Aquilae.
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'the science of the Nyāya.' On the importance of this
allusion for dating the Vāsavadattā, see Introduction, p. 8.
⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'the composition of the poetry of excellent poets.'
⁷ Tel. ed., '⟨joyful⟩ as an Upaniṣad has ⟨Brahmā⟩; ⟨adorning humanity⟩ as the
radiance of the sun ⟨lights the world⟩'; similarly the Srirangam text.
⁸ Tel. ed., 'Rōhiṇī.' The 'Teacher' is Bṛhaspati.
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit 'slender.'
¹⁰ Tel. ed., 'the form of the bolt'; Srirangam text, 'the stem of the bolt.'
¹¹ The details of this legend seem to be lost; cf. Lacôte, Essai sur Guṇāḍhya et la
Bṛhatkathā, p. 213, Paris, 1908.
¹² See Kathāsaritsāgara, 17. 114.