Lilavai

SR No.: 002796
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1966
Total Pages: 500
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 15 MB

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LĪLĀVAT
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13; and compare 2013 HHO TFSI qyfta stagioni I BRATARTAR 9 T ENTE TÅR Huita il quale 239. 99. Va is recorded as a wait word: VERA SFA, . F. I, 145, Read the com. thus : * E TUA: etc. In these five or six verses the author has given us as good picture, perhaps of the premedieval typical paintings with which the courtesans in the palace decked their bodies. It is obviously presumed that they are scantily dressed, and here we get only some illustrative sketches : on her forehead is painted a life-like bee which is sucking juce from a fresh chafa flower'; on her cheeks are drawn leaf-sketches with musk-colour with the skirts thereof being decked with mango-blossoms etc; leafy creepers are skilfully pictured on the horizontal region of her goldcoloured breasts; both of her feet are ornamented with the paintings of the couples of swans the beaks of which are affectionately exchanging lotus-fibres with their necks gracefully bent. In conclusion the king observes that to paint an already attractive girl so charmingly is to make her fatally tempting : this is as dangerous as serving milk to a serpent. 102) The reading of B, corresponding to face, is obviously corrupt in the text and perhaps also in the commentary: the reading for: indicates that the com, should read चित्रकुशलः and the text चित्तकुसलो, thus identical with the reading of P. विद्ध कुसलो means old or experienced and skilled. Dr. V. Rāghavan observes (Hindu, Madras, 6-7-52 ) :“ The term viddha in 102 and 823 does not mean old or experienced (vrddha); viddha refers to a category of painting as the reviewer has pointed elsewhere.' See his paper Sanskrit Texts on Painting, HQ, IX. No. 4, Dec. 1933", del reminds the king of an earlier occasion when the same painter from the Simhala island came there and took his seat at the gate of the palace (Talleen ) and painted or drew a sketch of the king on a leaf, or using some leaf as the canvas (पत्रम् अवलम्ब्य). 103) The मदनमहोत्सव comes during the वसन्त or spring season covering two months of चैत्र and वैशाख. According to the जयमाला commentary on the IAE (1.4), ART (carat TERITO, 4 Tartara: tet: there is a foot-note: ATJETTA ) is one of the three heart sports; while among the sit sports, there is the HEART which is characterised by the worship of Madana's image(मदनोत्सवो मदनप्रतिकृतिपूजनम् | there is a footnote: चैत्रसितचतुर्दश्याम्। Benaras ed., 1929, pp. 48–49). In a local ak by Latkar for the 7 year 1869, I find that there is अनंगवतं mentioned on चैत्र शु०१३, and वसंतश्रीपंचमीरतिकामपूजा on माण 9°ų. During this festival, according to the 21st of g (c. 606-648 A. D.), men and women of the town are dancing with joy, the latter splashing water with syringes; the streets are full of a sounds accompanied by drum beating; and perfumed powder is scattered eveywhere. The king and others take special interest in witnessing the various scenes, and the queen worships Madana on that day. The IETEI of Haribhadra (c. 750 A. D.) gives some descriptions of this festivity. During the festival variously dressed aetats or the singing parties, of diffent classes of people (washermen etc. ) march through the streets (qah Aygga hurreng farang p eng nararagangur HEFUTOTURI Tahshuriah Fast annat atau ap. 43, B. I. ed., Calcutta 1926). The king and others are specially invited by the citizens to witness the 77; and the king, we find, deputes the prince (Ibid. pp. 720 ff.).