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CHANDRAGOMIN'S LGKĀNANDA NATAKA
123 [d.] na' - (=-vaya) mñam: - (=- sa - )[> -savaya > - vayassa !] dgah: - ba: (= pia -) [>pia-vayassa !) chu:-=jala +) rgyun: - =thārā - ) do: - sal. – rnams: - la: (=-hārā) (>jalahārā-hārā] gzigs (=pekkhassa !) ||
mahum șiseviya pacalamta-jala-jamtādo jalāhāre dāhhiņao jala-harāṁ majjhe viņipadamtim/ pekkhiya morā viaya-kalāvā naccamtā pia-vayassa ! jala-hārā-hārā pekkhassa|| [2/9]
This passage occurs in Act II. Here the Vaihāsika (Clown), Gautama, tries to enlist the attention of the hero, Prince Manicūda, towards the charming beauties of an artifical fountain.
From these subject samples one might catch a glimpse of the Prakrit portion of the hitherto undiscovered text of Candragomin's Lokānanda-nātaka.
Sri-guru-caraṇa-samaapaņam astu ||
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See f.---n. 2 supra for the comment.
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