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This horizontal pole is supported in its middle on a vertical prop and its end to which the water-bucket is attached bends down into the well to collect water and is then raised up from the well, by pulling down the other end. The word gitt in the commentary (2210 Gamint a menti We should read Jia) in place of 4210), stands for Forst in the Punjabi langurge. Cf. the expression questi used in antea I, 491977.
358) Gat=safa according to the commentator. Cf.Marathi 47511, A2 pink, azafat--with a snapping sound.
359) Cogit-petal-fragrance= 164874 fragrance emanate ing from the petals. Cf. Additional stanza 349*5 (p. 245). The remark in the commentary : Fejtuit: gaamecara (? Fielcata) 195594 is not quite clear. The commentator's difficulty is about the two words & and 4#. They are synonymous and yet ag is here said to be the firm stalk on which the lotus of love grows. The commentator tries to explain the distinction between the and he He says that hH is ACUTTTA1A: TREICTEEM: -a permanent, life-long, abiding mood of mental attachment, while he is the reinforcement of 98 by means of presents, respect, honour etc. (69 27मानाद्यादिना भवति ।). स्नेह is thus the indicator of प्रेम. (See note on st.. 391).
360) VAT to respect, to show regard for, to welcome. fache HT the autumn season (974 = 72) in which wine(ty= A776) is so dear (to all). It is also possible to take for Free as equal to fưa Act, 7719 2698 Arci so long as the autumn season is going on i.e. is continuing. It would be better to read 1 7 (for 819) 98 Atli, so long as the autumn does not go away or depart. The use of HTI (7) in the neuter gender is rather unusual. According to HS. VIII.13.1, the word 373 (f.) assumes the masculine gender in Prakrit (सरओ),
361) Weber (1881) 935. FEST=faa: built up, piled up; raised. Weber reads Tag # Ara1969 3 in the second quarter and pulls are fà o agat ( = Hal or in:). Stafot involves repetition, Fast and fut meaning one and the same thing.
362) = Hāla 432. HTF 15 in Hoitoa --for what did you indulge in haughtiness i.e. what did you gain by indulging in haughtiness? H17 is to be resorted to only for attracting the other
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