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welcomes the rising moon.-Behind the stage, the two Bards, Mañjukaņtha and Madhurakantha, greet the King with elaborate description of moonlight. All of them vie with each other in giving poetic descriptions of the rising moon.-As the Queen is returning to the Plantain Arbour after saluting Sthaliśvara, the noise of the retinue was heard; Candanikā requests the King to see that this meeting is not disclosed to the Queen; he consents. Exeunt All.
Yavanikāntara IV [The action here begins in the morning, and we have clear references to prabhāta or prabhāta-velā, IV. 1. 3, IV. 2. 1, IV.5. 3.] Scene 1 (IV, 0.1-). The hall of audience (ästhāna-mand apa):
Enter the King (dressed for the occasion), retinue and two female Door-keepers, Mañjubhāşiņi and Kalabhāṣiṇī. The King is feeling sorry that his contact with the Heroine was shortlived and unfruitful. The Pratihārīs congratulate him on the occasion of the Vișuvotsava.-Behind the stage, the Bard wishes that morning might bring welfare to
the King. Scene 2 (IV. 6.1-). The King gives audience to various feuda
tories who have come to pay respects to him. With suitable descriptions Kalabhāşiņi and Mañjubhāşiņi alternatively announce the kings of Vidarbha, Ujjayani, Maņalūra, Cola, Anga, Magadha and Karņāța, and the rulers of Nepāla, Kāmboja, Pāñcāla, Turuşka, Cedi, Nişadha, Vārāṇasī, Pārasīka, Mahārāştra, Vanga, Madra, Mathurā, Matsya, Kāśmīra, Kāñci and Dravida. They were treated with due respects, and they were about to start back to their
respective places. Scene 3 (IV. 25. 4-). The King is anxious to see the Heroine, and
he is waiting for Vidūşaka from the harem. Enters Vidūşaka. He informs the King how, after receiving due hospitality, he happened to talk in dream about the meeting of the King and Heroine in the Plantain Arbour near the lake. This enraged the Queen very much. Consequently she has put the Heroine in chains and guarded her
with an army of maid-servants (who are enumerated). 3 .
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