काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

184 EXPLANATORY NOTES the cultured and the uncultured. How the uucultured folks behave and how they express themselves are treated in these two verses. स्फुटितपिठरी=cracked pan. Here an uncultured woman talks to her lover regarding the changed treatment she was getting from him of late. The following may be cited in this connection as a contrast to illustrate a refined address on the same subject. पुराऽभूदस्माकं प्रथममविभिन्ना तनुरियं ततो नु त्वं प्रेयानहमपि हताशा प्रियतमा । इदानीं नाथस्त्वं वयमपि कलत्रं किमपरं मयाऽऽप्तं प्राणानां कुलिशकठिनानां फलमिदम् ॥ In the second verse इक्षुदण्डस्य etc. a popular mode of expression, is illustrated while describing the days of the Phālguna month in which things such as इक्षुदण्ड, etc. are very commonly enjoyed by the country folk. See the description of Hemanta and S'iśira on pp. 102-104 of this work. For the correctness of the word सैष see notes on p. 2. l. 6. ll. 10–19. समस्तजनजन्यः='pertaining to several groups of people'. कतिपयजनजन्यः-'pertaining only to a limited circle'. The verse पिबन्ति etc. exhibits the knowledge of the poet concerning the topography of South India where मरिच, ताम्बूल and मधु are common products of the land. In the second verse the feelings of women of the Kuntala country in amorous sports are described, while the third gives an idea of the geographical peculiarities of the Nepal country. ग्रन्थिपर्णकपाली='an avenue made up of a kind of fragrant trees'. *[ l. 18. आर्द्रणमदमण्डनाः=कस्तूरीपङ्कमण्डनाः । ] ll. 20–23. In this verse are described the actions of a Nāyikā who wanted to put a stop to the conversation of her lover with her friends, in order to secure privacy; as also the action of her lady-friends who knew the Nāyikā's intention and left the place on the plea that they were called by somebody outside. Page. 40. l. 7. The reading नाथकथा is adopted here as it is found in two Mss B and C. and सर्गे is changed into सर्गः as it is required to