________________ Pusya and Punarvasu (Act. II) play a key role in determining the fatherhood of Nandayanti's baby (Act VI). Secondly for Puspadusitaka we have also once Puspabhusitaka (Sahityadarpana, VI, 226). Can it be that the actual title was Pusyabhusitaka, meaning 'adorned' i. e. auspiciously associated with the Pusya constellation ? Confusion in the MSS. between on and on is usual, and combined with longo one becomes easily prone to read 904. To get some support for this suggestion, it may be noted that NLR. (p. 169-170), defining the Natya-laksana called Anuktasiddhi ("suggestion of full significance without verbal expression'), illustrates it with the verse spoken by Samudradatta which identifies to Nandayanti the constellations Pusya and Punarvasu in the sky. Sagaranandin remarks that here, without actually saying, it has been conveyed that if the sexual union takes place at the time of the appearance of the constellations bearing the masculine name, there is quite a chance of a male issue being born. Significantly the Constellations are qualified by Samudradatta as kalyana-namanau. The points, however, that seem to go against my suggestion are that all the sources read puspa and not pusya, and all the sources execept one read dusitaka. [23]
