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heavenly nymphs are sporting. This town is metaphorically identified with get whose dignity it possesses, because it stands surrounded by a moat and on its shining terraces of lofty palaces beautiful ladies are sporting. The figure of speech is faciar.
43. जाह्नवी, the daughter of जहु from whose ear गंगा is said to have issued. At their confluence, it is said, the rivers Ganges and Jumna give a wondeful scene due to the blending of their whitish and darkish streams. This idea is quite a favourite one with Sanskrit writers. Compare रघुवंश vi. 48, xiii. 57; मेघदूत i. 51; fa1 v. 26; and 3 1053. The figure of speech here is स्मरणालङ्कार.
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44. Note the forms ogen en which are the corruptions of नितायां वीथिकायां | Even by day there is darkness in the streets which are obscured by the dark hue of the pleasure mounts. So quite fearlessly the love-lorn go to their lovers even by day. अभिसारिका is defined thus : मदेन मदनेनापि प्रेरिता शिथिलत्रपा । योत्सुकाभिसरेत् कान्तं सा भवेदभिसारिका ॥ कुलजां गणिकां प्रेष्यां यथावपचेष्टितैः । रागातिशयसंपन्नां वर्णयेद भिसारिकाम् ॥
45. चक्रवाक couples get separated at night. But here, as the sky was flooded with the glow of the golden palaces, they remained together even late in the evening thinking that it was the light of the rising sun. रअणीअं= रजन्याम्, a case of direct corruption.
46. The masses of light emanating from the jewels on the ramparts were so bright that now and then they added their mite to the hallos of light of the sun and moon.
47. मुसिणाइ a corruption of मुष्णाति This reminds us of शिशुपाल ० iii. 79- उत्सङ्गिताम्भः कणको नभस्वानुदन्वतः स्वेदलवान्ममर्ज etc.
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