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Authorship of Řtusamhāra ; A Reappraisal
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represent a conscious improvement upon ķtusamhāra.
the above description
तं पयोधरनिषिक्तचन्दनैमौक्तिकग्रथितचारुभूषणैः ।
grafafut: facra sitfuaftanas: fer || XIX. 45.
The Rtusamhāra is one with Abhijñānasākuntala in its emphasis on the fondness of the hogs for the fragrant mustā. While in the Řtusamhāra the hogs are said to sink with the earth as it were in search of their pet herb, the sākuntala represents them as enjoying mustā at will as a consequence of Duşyanta's nascent aversion to hunting.
सभद्रमुस्तं परिशुष्ककदर्म सरः खनन्नायतपोत्रमण्डलैः । jah'te farfat i azieq Paarata TSH || Rtu. I. 17. fara fortai atkafafay Farefa: qe Śak. JI. 6.
The 'Cycle of seasons' shares with Kumārasambhava its familiarity with the bursting Cat's eyes-gems (vaidūrya) in the rainy reason and agrees with Meghaduta in representing the Kandali plants to shoot forth at the advent of first showers.?
In the verse
निपातयन्त्यः परितस्तद्रमान्
प्रवृद्धवेगैः सलिलैरनिर्मलैः । स्त्रियः सुदुष्टा इव जातविभ्रमाः
qurfa atafá qanfare
Il Rtu. II. 7.
the swollen rivers corroding their banks with turbulent currents are compared to unchaste women who bring ruin and disgrace to their families by their wanton behaviour. The rivers are like women in as much as while the former are अनिर्मलसलिला: the latter are सुदुष्टाः , the former are प्रवद्धबेगाः and the latter arafawar. Further points in the comparision are not directly expressed but all implied. In the Abhijñānašākuntala, the comparison has been reversed. Here it is the supposedly unchaste woman who is compared to the turbulent river though the points of correspondence between them are identical.
व्यपदेशमाविलपितु किमोहसे जनमिमं च पातयितुम् ।
a fare: 98728*Atazas ll Śāk. V. 21.
The tremulous eyes of the frightened dear are conceived by the author of Rtusamhara as producing longing in the heart of the beholder. The
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