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In the afternoon the prince amused himself withi painting. He had just finished a picture of a couple of Vidyādharas, when Bhūşaņa and Citramatr joined the party. They admired the picture and praised it for the faithful rendering of the lover's deportment. 616, 3. Next morning gūdhacaturthas, another kind of riddles, were proposed, and they were solved by the prince. Afterwards he had a ride with the king. In this way the prince passed a few days, usually in the company of Bhūsaņa and Citramati. 618, 19. Once the prince painted a portrait of Ratnavati and wrote under it a stanza in which he gave expression to his passion for her. Bhūgana and Citramati admired the picture and considered Ratnavati fortunate in having won the love of so excellent a prince. They made a portrait of the prince, and taking both his pictures they returned to Sankhapura, without taking leave from anybody. 621, 6. The queen was greatly pleased by their account of the person and accomplishments of the prince; she admired his pictures, and bade her maid Madanamanjukā bring her daughter the portrait of prince Gunacandra to copy it. Ratnavati was in a transport of joy when she beheld the portrait of the handsome youth, and wondered why he might be. Her maid said, he certainly would become the princess' husband, a conjecture which was confirmed by an omen (upasruli). Ratnavati copied the picture and sent it to her mother, who placing it side by side with the prince's portrait of Ratnavati thought the two well matched. Then she sent Ratnavati her portrait ba Gunacandra, which astonished her very much as he had never seen her. In this way she passed her days always thinking of, or talking about Guņacandra. 627, 6. The latter consoled himself with regarding the portrait of his sweetheart. Maitrihain who approved of his son's choice, sent some persons of rank to ask Ratnavati in marriage for him. Great was her joy when she heard that her father had bestowed her hand on Guņacandra. She was conducted to Ayodhya where the marriage was performed with great pump. 631, 7.
one of his companions. Agrippins, for the same reason as in our text, caused the money to be counted down in the presence of Noro, upon which he doubled the aum.
