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tion from her there take place exhaustion, burning sensation, and want of appetite.' Not very clear.
49: It is Candrabimba, if after the 12th letter (in the Puspadāman)
there occur two Pañcamātras, each of which has its short letter at its end, and a long letter.' (ma-ta-na-sa-ta-ta-ga); it is known as Vañcita to H. 2.328, where in the commentary even Vicita is mentioned as an alternative name. At Vr. 3.96.5 its name is given as Bimba. In both these places a Yati after the 5th and the 12th letter is mentioned.
sūra is the sun, i.e., 12. 49.1 : 'The Lady of the Sky, having put on a charming scarlet garment,
namely, the slightly risen moonlight tinged with the twilight and studded with the pearls of) planets and stars, has approached the
refreshing Moon, leaving the sun who had grown old and shaky. 50 : 'Two groups of six letters, the first commencing with a short letter
(the others being long) and the second ending with a long one (the others being all short), occur in the Rambhā and are then followed by two Pañcamātras each having its short letter in the middle, and a long letter (at the end of all).' (ya-ma-na-sa-ra-ra-ga); the metre is known as Meghavisphūrjitā to H. 2.323; Jd. 7.20; Jk. 2.227; Vr. 3.95. Virahānka at Vjs. 5.41 knows it as Candrakānta, Utpala as Suvrttā (on Brhatsamhita 103.7) and Pingala at P. 8.18 as Vismitā. In his commentary on H. 2.323 Hemacandra says that the metre is called Rambhā by Svayambhū, while Jayakirti mentions both the names, Rambha and
Meghavisphurjitā. 50.1: 'A Cakravāka bird being distressed by separation (from his mate)
at the moon-lit night, does not get rest in the beds of lotuses wafting sweet fragrance, as his mind is stricken with grief. Thus separated from his beloved and crying piteously, he goes from one bank to the other, now diving, now rising up, in the waters (of the lake), where his own reflection had fallen.' He often mistakes his own reflection in the waters for his beloved and so dives to meet her; but being dis.
appointed, he rises up again. 51: "This same becomes Chāyā if the two Pañcamātras associated with
the (same) two groups of six letters (as in Rambhā) have their short letter at their end and are followed by a long letter. (ya-ma-na-sata-ta-ga); cf. H. 2.325. Kedāra calls it Chāyā when we have a Bha Gana
instead of the first Ta Gana, at Vr. 3.96.9. 51.1: The poet describes the influence of the Spring on even an old creeper
