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to the reddish, flushed cheeks mingled with the intoxication of a small quantity of wine (taken ).
370. Thus moves about on terraces a bevy of beauties, with their vigour diminished as a result of the heat ) of summer, the surface of their cheeks cooled down by a few drops of water ( sprinkled over ).
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371. “The days now are lovely, the sun's orb (becoming) pale ( vicchāya ) and brown on account of a co-mingling of lustre and clouds, the breezes cut off, (looking) greyish and dusty without dust.”
372. “ Here blows a breeze, rippling (taramgia) with the swinging branches (of trees), through which (protrude ) the crests of peacocks with their uplifted necks (ukkamtha) and made noisy by the falling of showers on the thick Jambu fruit.”
373. “Here emerges a mass (patthāri) of clouds, half of its interior darkened by what little (dara) water they had drunk, thus looking greyish like an elephant's ear white at its tips (peramta).”
374. “The ascetics pass their days here on the sloping embankments of the mountain, with blossoming Arjuna trees in front, surcharged with the deep fragrance of Kutaja flowers and made pleasant by showers.”
375. “The forest-grounds here look beautiful, bristling (kasavva ) with the Palāśa fruit, soiled with fine sands and making noise when ejecting water (under trampling feet), and appearing darkish even when slightly sprinkled ( with a shower ). ”
376. “These days, when breezes ( become scarce and ) have to be looked for, and getting warmer after a shower, ( are conducive ) for ripening of the mango-groves ” .
377. "On a day dulled (heavy) by showers, the family houses (inmates ) delight in the smell of fat, coarsened by dust falling out from the heated granaries ( kusula).”
378. “The forest-tracts here, dense with lotus-plants varieagated ( sāra) with their fruit, becoming thin and sparse by woodcutting activities ), have their grounds browned off by the drying (vūa) Kadamba trees, left standing only on their stumps."
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