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is another phrase which pronounces the fact that girls when grown up do require a man to approach them. This essentially illustrates the exigency of marriage in youth.
"कांचीग्रहणरक्षणविधावधिरूढगाढाभिनिवेशयोरभिनवोढदम्पतिकरपल्लवयोश्च" refers to the process of snapping and keeping intact the zone girdle in sexual sport or hymeneal sport and the subsequent arousal of passions in case of a newly wedded couple whose sprout like hands betray a ruddy glow.
This represents the author's allusion to the practical aspect of a righteous marriage (a Dharma Vivāha).
Of the eight types of marriages Dhanapāla has alluded to some of them. In the marital tie of Meghavāhana, a scion of the Ikşvāku ksatiyas and Madirāvati, a scion consecrated on the head,? we find the Prājāpatya mode which has been defined by Kautilya as - सहधर्मचर्या प्राजापत्यः' or the + joint performance of sacred duties is Prājāpatya.
The Gāndharva mode forms almost the bedrock of the theme of the entire prose romance. According to Kautilya
'मिथः समवायाद् गान्धर्व:"5 "By a secret association (between lovers) it is the Géndharva.""6
This mode is illustrated in the marital tie of Tāraka, son of Vaișravana and Vasudattā of Suvarnadvipa having Manipura for its capital and Priyadarśanā, daughter of Jalaketu of Simhalas having Rangaśālā for their capital. __ परस्परोपचारकर्मणा च प्रौढिमुपगते तत्र कदाचिदारूढनवयौवना त्रिदशवनितेव शापदोषानिपतिता मनुष्यलोके निकामकमनीयदर्शना प्रियदर्शना नाम तस्य जलकेतोः सुता सुतारवृत्तमौक्तिकप्रकल्पितं हारमादाय पितुराज्ञया गता तद्गृहम्। दृष्टश्च स तया प्रथमदर्शन एव रूपातिशयदर्शनारूढदृढतरानुरागया, सस्पृहमुपनीतोपायना च स्थित्वा कंचित् कालं कृतप्रत्युपचारा तेन पुनर्गता स्वसदनम्, अनुरागप्रेरिता च तदर्शनाशया तैस्तैर्व्यपदेशैरागन्तुमारब्धा प्रतिदिनम्।। refers to the Gāndharva mode of marital tie, between Tāraka and Priyadarsanā, which is secret in the sense that it has been arranged by both
1. TM. Vol. II p. 196. 2. अहमपीक्ष्वाकुकुलसम्भवो भोक्ताऽस्य कियतोऽपि भारतक्षेत्रस्य वर्तमानक्षोणीपालापेक्षया भूयसा विभवेन भूयसा
प्रभावेन भूयसा सेनापरिच्छदेन भूयस्या प्रभुशक्त्या भूयस्य च भूमण्डलावाप्त्या। Ibid. I, p.94. 3. KAS III 2.3. part I p. 98, Part II p. 227. 4. Ibid. III 2.3. part I p. 98, Part II p. 227. 5. Ibid. III 2.6. part I p. 98, Part II p. 227. 6. Ibid. III 2.6. part I p. 98, Part II p. 227. 7. Ibid. Vol. II p. 275-276.
