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________________ Lilâvai-Kahā of Koühala 103 1091. As the creeper in the form of night was uprooted by the morning-elephant, the moon-bird flew away and the white flowers in the form of constellations fell down. 1092. The moon, like a crystal cup, with the bee in the form of the deer (-mark) sticking within, fell down from the sky, as if it was) thrown away by the Night (lit. woman in the form of night) after drinking the wine of moonlight. 1093. Elated with satisfaction brought by the enjoyment of happiness (at night), the night-lotus beds closed up (as if) out of fear from the coming harsh light of the sun. 1094. As if blown off by the long sighs of passionate women separated from their lovers, the hosts of lamps, weakened by the oil being consumed, were extinguished. 1095. The eyes of young couples, awakened after happy sleep in (each other's) embrace during the night, looked dull and languid at the end of the night. 1096. The passionate women, giving out deep sighs while turning and twisting their bodies lazily after (waking from) sleep, left their beds, as also their lovers, very reluctantly (lit. after a long time). 1097. With the beauty of her thighs slightly visible as she held up her loosened waist-garment with her hand, one woman was caught by the end of her garment by her lover while she was leaving her bed. 1098. As the eyes of passionate women were dull (lit. dried up) with sleepy languor, their foot-steps, beautiful as they went stumbling with worship-flowers (falling on the ground) charming. 1099. The faces of (these) beautiful women do not look SO beautiful at the beginning of the night, although made up with great care, as they do in the morning with make-up spoilt and hair dishevelled. 1100. Early in the morning, the newly-married girl pained (lit. burnt) her co-wives with (the look of) her face, though Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001424
Book TitleLilavaikaha
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorK R Chandra, Ramniklal M Shah
PublisherPrakrit Text Society Ahmedabad
Publication Year1988
Total Pages150
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Literature, & Story
File Size9 MB
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