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

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ponents⟩ as if by a «great abdominal swelling»,¹ for it indicated
a ⟨change of many metals⟩ by its «thick bushes»; as a good
man shows his ⟨greatness⟩ by «habits of mercy», it showed its
⟨loftiness⟩ by the «course of the planets on its summit».
As the Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya philosophies conceal the views
of the ⟨Digambara Jains⟩, it concealed the view of the ⟨quarters
of heaven and of the sky⟩. It also had its vicinage adorned with
pools which were delightful on account of the appearance of the
⟨blue lotus⟩,² as the Harivaṃśa is delightful on account of the
appearance of ⟨Puṣkara⟩; [94] that were thronged with ⟨pairs of
fishes and with crabs⟩ as the Zodiac has ⟨Pisces, Gemini, and
Cancer⟩³; and that had hosts of ⟨birds, elephants, galangal,
and young medlar-trees⟩ as the parts of the day have the host of
⟨Śakuni, Nāga, Bhadra, and Vālava⟩.⁴ It also showed manifold
⟨metrical⟩ charms with «kusumavicitrās, vaṃśapatrapatitas, suku-
māralalitās, puṣpitāgrās, śikhariṇīs, praharṣiṇīs, and latās»,⁵
since it showed manifold charms ⟨produced⟩ through its «creepers,
lovely on account of their flowers, which had fallen on the
bamboo leaves, tender in their grace, tipped with blossoms,
crested, and charming».
[95] As if by a very dear mistress with outstretched wavy
arms, it was embraced, furthermore, by the Rēvā, whose waters
were perfumed by the abundance of the drops of liquid which had
fallen from the fragments⁶ of fullblown lotuses shaken by many
monstrous tails of bhāḥkūṭa-fish⁷ that had been terrified by the
notes, indistinct for passion, of geese and herons; whose waters
¹ See Jolly, Medicin, pp. 79–80, Strassburg, 1901.
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘⟨the blue lotus and the bedda-nut tree⟩, as the
Harivaṃśa is delightful on account of the appearance of ⟨Viṣṇu⟩.’
³ Tel. ed and Srirangam text, ‘thronged with pairs of ⟨fishes, dolphins, and crabs⟩,
as the Zodiac has ⟨Pisces, Capricorn, Cancer, and Gemini⟩.’
⁴ See Ginzel, Handbuch der mathematischen und technischen Chronologie, 1. 359–
361, Leipzig, 1906.
⁵ See Weber, Ueber die Metrik der Inder, pp. 380, 394, 366, 361–362, 393, 384,
Berlin, 1863; Colebrooke, Miscellaneous Essays, 2. 144, London, 1873. Srirangam
text, like Hall’s manuscript D and the commentator, adds ‘like the Chandōviciti.’
⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘fallen from masses of lotuses.’
⁷ Tel. ed., ‘by monstrous jaws of utkuṭa-fish’; similarly the Srirangam text, though
the latter has ‘bhākūṭa-fish.’