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1. 91 NOTES
419 gfsy seems to be of Kannada origin. 76 Altariantafogaitft, wufazifuata, (garden ) where parrots have gathered on the blossom of mango trees. Talou comes from गोंदल, a Desi word. which means a gathering. Compare गोंधळ, गोंधळी in Marathi. 96 खंड means पुष्पदन्त ; so also अहिमाणमेरु in 12a below. 14 वर or वरि, an explative of frequent occurrence, means “it is better,' 'I would rather prefer. 15 # fugt 3 À, let him not see in the morning the face of a king who is under the influence of the wicked.
4. Drawbacks of royalty condemned.
4, 3a FITTEST, kingdom with its seven constituents, viz., Fait, hry, ET, IT, tre, ai, and . 4a faham , fortune born along with grey poison at the time of the churning of the ocean.
5. Bharata glorified.
5. 3a पाययकइकव्वरसावउद्ध, connoisseur of tha flavour of the poems of Prakrit poets. This epithet has a special significance, probably because Prakrit poetry was not much admired or understood and even ignored altogether at this rime.
6. The poet's reception at the house of Bharata, and his proposal to him to compose a Mahāpurā ņa.
6. 9a Caratur, by the son of Devi, i. e., by Bharata.
7. The poet shows his timidity to undertake the task because of the wicked who censure even good works like the Setubandha of Pra varasena.
7. 3a. Tafsuigf etc. This series of epithets have double meaning : one applicable to ofar etc. and the other applicable to the wicked.
8. Bharata assures Puşpadanta that wicked people are always like that and that the wise should pay no heed to them.
8.76 4773 EguziEE HTTÀ3, let the dog bark at the full moon. 96 foafeout, another epithet of Puşpadanta; compare qafTHTT, OTTH.
9. The poet, by way of modesty, shows that he is not qualified to undertake the Mahapurāņa, and yet he does so out of devotion to the adorable persons.
9, la 70 etc. For these writers see notes at the bottom of the page, and also Introduction to Nāyaku māracariu, page XXIII. 136 av H98 #1
form, who can measure the waters of the ocean by means of a Kudava, a small measure ? 17 faastat ff 370s, why should I say at the back ? i. e.,
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