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

EIGHTEENTH ADHYĀYA 255 Page. 99. *[l. 1. Cf. मधुश्च॒ माधव॑श्च शु॒क्रश्च॒ शुचि॑श्च॒ नभ॑श्च नभ॒स्य॑श्चेषश्चोर्ज॑श्च॒ सह॑श्च सह॒स्य॑श्च तप॑श्च तप॒स्य॑श्चोपयाम गृहीतोऽसि । तैत्तिरीयसंहिता. 1-4-14-1.] ll. 1-3. The names नभानभस्य etc. are Vedic terms for twelve months. l. 4. पूर्वो वायुः । The wind originates in the eastern horizon. The Ācāryas think that the wind originates from the west in the rainy season, and that by the eastern wind the clouds are dispersed and therefore the rains are obstructed. ll. 7-8. अम्भोभृत=filled with water. वारुणा:=belonging to the west, the direction assigned to the god *Varuṇa. *[l. 10. पौरस्त्यस्तोयदतः । सूर्यशतक. 55. There the reading is पवनः ]. l. 22. सारी=full of the essence. *[l. 24. लम्पाकीनां (बालरामायण 5-35).] ll. 24-27. Rājaśekhara seems to have changed the reading of this verse from the version adopted by him in his Bālarāmāyaṇa in order to suit the present context. The last line in the Bālarāmāyaṇa reads:—हैमना वान्ति वाताः । According to the list of countries given above on page 94, the countries Limpāka, Valhava and Kulūta mentioned in this verse, are situated in the northern part of India. Page. 100. l. 5. Reading मिलितमलयजः seems to be better than मलितमलयजः and it means that the southern wind comes in contact with the products of the Malaya mountains. सीमन्तिनीनाम्, must be connected with मानचौरः । l. 11. वीतार्णसाम्=bereft of water. l. 15. कुकूलम्=a fire made of chaff. l. 16. कार्शोनवै:=weapon made of fire. l. 17. Here Rājaśekhara describes the six seasons of the year and enumerates the customs adopted in those seasons, and asks poets to follow the same method in their poetry. He also records the