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

EIGHTEENTH ADHYĀYA 259 l. 11. महारजनांशुक=clothing with golden embroidery. ll. 23-26. The purport of this verse is that ladies learn from the spring how to twist their hair into a braid on seeing the Mādhavī buds which grow on the advent of the spring; also, how to speak sweetly on hearing the sweet tone of the cuckoos and to worship Manmatha with the flowers of Damanaka tree. Page. 106. ll. 1-4. For similar description, compare :- कुरवक कुचाघातक्रीडारसेन वियुज्यसे etc. Kāvyamīmāṁsā p. 73. l. 10. and मुखमदिरया पादन्यासैः विलासविलोकितैः बकुलविटपी रक्ताशोकस्तथा तिलकद्रुमः । Ibid. p. 73. ll. 14-15. l. 9. गुवाकः=the betel-nut tree. l. 10. हिन्ताल=a kind of palm tree. *[l. 24. Read सक्तुधाने ] l. 24. सक्तुपान=a drink prepared with rice-flour. शुचौ=in the months of Jyeṣṭha and Āṣāḍha. l. 25. प्रगे=early in the morning. l. 26. कायमान=a hut. Page. 107. l. 2. मुष्टियोगः=handy combination, i. e. materials easily available to alleviate the heat of the summer. l. 20. उच्चारघट्टघटिकावलयाः=a row of pitchers creating noise at the entrance of the wells. l. 25. रसाला=curd mixed with sugar and spices. Known also as श्रीखण्ड. सहकाररसार्चिता=to which the essence of the mango fruit is added. l. 26. जलभक्तम्=cooked rice mixed with water. मन्थाः=curd which has been churned. Page. 108. l. 1. मृगलावरसाः=essence of deer and the Lāva birds. l. 4. तार=a big pearl.