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380. The god of love succeeds unaided with only his own flowery bow to help him hit the targets. How much more triumphant would he be when the bow of Indra viz. the rainbow is now there at his disposal?
383. णिव्वाइ - शुष्यति – Com. Dries up. ' बंधुरिअ - अं The dust solidifying in lumps' (with light showers). पिण्डीकृतं - Com.
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385. The tufts of moss ( सेवलसिहा ) are soiled ( आमलिण ) and dried up (3) and (the rivers) are over-flooded ( लंघिअ ) by yellowish (आवंडु ) water. जलरंकु : - A kind of gallinule, the common water-hen. :| Com.
386. वालुंकिवाडाण Of the plantations (a) of watermelons. वालुंकी चिर्भटिका Com. ; the same as Marathi वाळुक - एक प्रकारची काकडी, चिबूड, सुरती काकडी - 'महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश.
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388. The sky looked lovely () with the appearance (for lit. placing') of the rain-bow, looking (with its greenish lustre) like a strip of lawn (). The line of cranes looked from a distance like white cattle moving in a line.
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389. A portion of the sky is bespangled () with the emergence (f) of the deep-green, shooting () rainbows and looks multi-coloured like a cluster of peacocks flying up (353) in joy with their plumage spread out.
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390. (A) The patch of ground, with its layer of dust swept away completely by a violent hurricane, looks like the flat skull ( कवाल ) of a big tortoise. कवाल The skull. 'खोपडी, सिरकी हड्डी. ( पाइअसद्दम हण्णवो ).
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390. (B) The serpents endure the showers that beat them on their hoods, because they very much cherish the cool touch of the rainy water on their bodies, being constantly heated (qafasia) by the fire of their poison.
391. The Gāthā describes the lines or series of showers () which, allaying the dust in the air, brings the mountain-ranges nearer and darkens the skins of the herds of elephants. The Com. reads which gives no meaning.
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392. The heat of summer causes the shrinking of the foliage of sugar-cane crops and thus gaps are formed, exposing the bare spots ( विरलुद्देस ) and turning the twigs brown ( पिंगविडव ) .
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