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SUSHMA KULSHRESHTHA & ABHA KULSHRESHTHA
SAMBODHI
comprises vernal love-sports of damsels of King Daśaratha, cuckoo-cooing is mentioned four times.40 Kālidāsa has used many words to denote cuckoo with reference to its music. The details are as follows :
Word
Usage
1. Pumskokila
6 times
2. Parabhrta
6 times
3. Kokila
5 times
4. Anyapusta
once
5. Parabhịtā
thrice
6. Anybhrtā
twice
7. Kolilā
twice
8. Anyapustā
once
References & Notes
1. Kumārasambhava (Kale Edition) - 3.32 2. Sangītadarpana :
षड्जं वदति मयूरः पुनः स्वरमृषभं चातको ब्रूते । गान्धाराख्यं छागो निगदति च मध्यमं क्रौञ्चः ।। गदति पञ्चममञ्चितवाक् पिको रटति धैवतमुन्मदद१रः ।
शृणि समाहतमस्तरुकुञ्जरो गदति नासिकया स्वरमन्तिमम् ॥१७०-१७१ 3. Kumārasambhava - Mallinātha's commentary on 3.32.
चूताङ्कराणामास्वादेन कषायकण्ठो रक्तकण्ठः । 'सुरभावपथे रक्ते कषायः' इति केशवः । 4. Kumārasambhava - 3.32, Notes, p. 62 5. Kumārasambhava-Mallinātha's commentary on 3.32 6. Rahuvamsa (Nandargikar Edition) - 9.47 7. Raghuvassa - 9.47, Mallinātha-tīkā, p. 278 8. Śisupālavadha - 6.8 9. Rtusamhāra - 6.16 10. Rtusamhāra - 6.35 11. Rtusaṁhāra - 6.38 12. Rtusamhāra - 6.37 13. Kumārasambhava - Quoted in Notes on 1.31, p. 18
