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refers to doll-playing, ball-playing, the celebration of the nuptial tie of the male and female dolls or female bracket figuresas the favourite sports of the childhood in case of Tilakamañjarī.
'रुदिते रुदिते विनोद्यमाना विचित्रक्रीडनकैः' referring to the childhood of Malayasundari refers to the provision of variety of toys meant to divert the mind of a child when it takes to weeping.
The Recreating moods of Harivāhana in adolescence have been illustrated as follows
“He took to many types of conversations with the chief stock of princes while seated in the water-pavilion (Jalamandapa). He took to poetry symposia abounding in variety of figures of speech, prolific in sense and elegant in style being made so by the employment of rich vocabulary. The species of riddles or literary puzzles attained to renown in the consembly of the learned were being read out. The series of questions and answers (i.e. dialogues) striking palling to the persons lacking in intelligence, were being deliberated upon. The anecdotes regarding the six-fold test of intelligence (pertaining to Dharma, Artha, Kāma, Mokşa, Loka and Tattvārtha) bearing deep and clear imports were being examined critically. The verses lacking in Bindu or anusvāra, mātrās (vowels) and syllables (akşara) having lacunas supplied to them by filling in the blanks were being reflected upon.”
"प्रतिदोलमान्दोलनक्रीडानन्दितानिदृश्यन्ते सततमनवद्यवेषाणि विद्याधरद्वन्द्वानि"2
"ufactanciaE HIHIGISTA PYE:"" refer to swing ride as a sport, swings were tied to the creepers or these could be made out of creepers.
Gardening consisting in besprinkling the trees and plants by waters from the linns brought in hollowed cups of leaves, preparing the water-basins of the sylvan creepers growing situate to the porch of the cottage, painting of svastika marks and carving of lovely textures out of leaves in the platforms of the yards in the wattle-huts, nourishing with the morsels of grass, mown through tears, the fawns grown weak through scarcity of milk in the teats of their mothers (does) etc. has been mentioned in context with Malayasundari
1. यथास्थानमुपविष्टैश्चः तैः सह प्रस्तुतविचित्रकथालापस्य चित्रपदभङ्गसूचितानेकसुन्दरोदारा प्रवृत्ता कथंचित् तस्य
चित्रालंकारभूयिष्ठा काव्यगोष्ठी। तत्र च पठ्यमानासु विद्वत्सभालब्धख्यातिषु प्रहेलिकाजातिषु चिन्त्यमानेषु मन्दमतिजनितनिर्वेदेषु प्रश्नोत्तरप्रभेदेषु। भाव्यमानासु प्रसन्नगम्भीरभावार्थासु षट्प्रज्ञकगाथासु, विमृश्यमानेषु
1974Hygica farghada Pelag etc. Ibid. Vol. II pp 240-241. 2. Ibid. Vol. III p. 310. 3. Ibid. Vol. III p. 91.
