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793. The eyes, closing slightly in bashfulness, reveal streaks of white lines with the central portion of pupils inside ( BiataTTT) pushed in. On the crescent moon also the black spot is not observed. What we can see is only the white portion down below. Cf. Tagifterii fe 7907 THTHC 1 7919 ETTFATET 370 $aferifatनयनेषु न भासन्ते । Com.
794. The lower lip of young girls, subjected to the pleasures of love, looks dry, prominent and protruding, especially because of the sunken emaciated cheeks. It has also the lustre of the pollen of a Bimba fruit (कक्केअण). The Com. notes कक्केअण-कर्केतन to mean ' a kind of a gem.' Cf. freut sfa Aforfastastaaegati and he further adds --- 31fafarafagfthed ATESTATI FTATETRA atama # Jharanara H GH I Com.
795. Through exhaustion the breasts loose their swell, becoming thin and wide apart from each other (farm), like filaments of a fresh Bakula flower, turned reddish by the scorching heat of the sun.
Having finished his description of the King's victorious expedition, the Poet now strikes a personal note, giving a few autobiographical details about himself.
797. 5T315ETT - afactorfar: -'Having a title (FET) of a facts. Rājasekhara notes ten stages for a poet to develop into a great Poet. In this, the sixth stage is that of a Mahākavi, while the seventh stage is that of a Kavirāja, when he secures proficiency in various languages and possesses unrestrained skill in various types of poetic compositions and in the delineation of various sentiments. Cf. Sretagaregato: Helafa: 1 TFT wa Taifanan तेषु तेषु प्रबन्धेषु तस्मिस्तस्मिश्च रसे स्वतन्त्रः स कविराजः । का. मी. V.
798. The high esteem in which the Poet Kamalāyudha held Vākpatirāja makes him feel elated, although he fully realises that himself, he is dry and insipid, with reference to his poems.
799. The distinctive traits that you may find in his literary, narrative compositions (FETfUTC) are like drops of nectar sprayed out as a result of churning by him of the ocean of Bhavabhūti's compositions.
800. Along with Kamalāyudha and Bhavabhūti, the Poet mentions Bhāsa-Jvalanamitra, Kālidāsa, the author of Raghu i. e.
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