Swayambhuchand

SR No.: 023463
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H D Velankar
Publisher: Rajasthan Prachyavidya Pratishtan
Publication Year: 1962
Total Pages: 292
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 22 MB

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स्वयंभूच्छन्दः
[ BRIEF NOTES
12.1: 'I fancy that the flashing circlet of lightning in the centre of a cloud on the opening night of the rainy season is as it were the heart of that cloud trembling through fear of the sharp winds of the summer heat.' Perhaps read gimhumha in the last line and cf. ch. I. 5.3 above for a similar idea.
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13 Four Trimātras, each ending in a short letter and two long letters (after them) (make a Pāda) of Mayūrasāriņi.' (ra-ja-ra-ga); see H. 2.111; P. 6.12; Kd. 4,23.
13.1 "Look, oh shy one, at the peaks of the Vindhya mountain, inhabited by intoxicated elephants, rubbed against by a mass of clouds and (looking) eager to reach the sun and the moon.'
14: The wording of the definition is not clear; it probably means that Upasthita contains three Caturmätras, the first having all long letters and the next two having a long letter at their end, followed by a Trimatra which has a short letter at its commencement. So perhaps read că for gå in the first line and to for tā in the second. (ta-ja-ja-ga); see H. 2.120; P. 6.14.
14.1 "The sky is seen overcast with clouds; (so are seen) the flashes of lightning and the rain-bow. The lovely days bring eagerness even to (the minds of) those who have their beloved one by their side.' See Meghaduta v. 4.
15: "That is Rūpavati or Rukmavati which has three Caturmatras, the first having a long letter at the beginning, the second having two long letters and the third having a long letter at the beginning, followed by two long letters at the end.' (bha-ma-sa-ga); see H. 2.113; P. 6.11; Virahanka at Vjs. 5.18 calls it Campakamälä, but it is known as Puspasamṛddhi to Bharata at Bh. 32.227 and as Subhāvā to Hemacandra, who mentions it as an alternative name in his commentary on H. 2.113.
15.1 'Sandal-paste, moon-light, wine, notes of the cuckoo, camphor, lotus and the lute, all these give pleasure to men (when they are at home; but) they give pain to them when they are on a journey."
16: "There are four Caturmātras in the Pāda of a Paṇava, which respectively have the long letter at both the places, at the commencement, at the end and in both places.' (ma-na-ya-ga); see H. 2.110; P. 6.10; Bharata calls this Kuvalayamālā at Bh. 16.20.
16.1 The description is of the Makanda trees covered with fresh blossoms and crowded with the warbling cuckoos; but the last two lines which contain some Rūpaka are not very clear.