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MANOTES ON H
=
to a huge mango tree overshadowing the temple, a tree which,
as tradition says, gives one fruit a day for the worship of the
God. This temple is in the western part of Kanchi and near a
small river called Kampa. कम्पा पाथः कमल वनिका कामुकः:
one who loves the assemblage of lotuses in the waters of the
Kampa. The breeze is said to love this retreat, and when it
issues from there, it carries the fragrance of the lotuses and
the coolness of the river.
breeze
you.
दूरात् प्राप्तं = who has arrived
as if (you were)
necessarily, without failing.
serve you).
=
the fragrance-bearing
from a distance. त्वां =
a dear friend.
=
will approach you (to
The three desirable qualities in the breeze that will please
the guest are (1) gentleness, as it comes out of the mango
grove, (2) moist coolness as it comes from the west over the
Siva's temple, and (3) moisture and fragrance, as it comeз
from the lotus filled river.
=
29. मध्ये नगरं - an अव्ययीभावसमास: formed of मध्ये नगरस्य =
in the middle of the town. वः कवीनां स्वामिनी = the queen of
you birds. : means both a poet or prose writer and a
bird. : the wife of the Lotus-born (Brahma)
Brahma the creator, is said to be born in the
of
Vishnu. The Goddess Sarasvati (the Goddess of speech and
learning) is his wife. = the revered, worshipful.
=
the name of Vega (river). = bears. (For allusion
see notes on stanza 25). The river is thus described by
epithets. वर्णस्तोमैः इव = like groups of letters. सप्तभेदैः = divided
into seven different parts (ie, divided into seven branches).
The seven groups are, gutturals, palatals, linguals, dentals,
labials, nasals, and mixed letters.
:-into mighty
streams. The names of these streams are शुक्तिका, कनका शिप्रा
MANOTES ON H
=
to a huge mango tree overshadowing the temple, a tree which,
as tradition says, gives one fruit a day for the worship of the
God. This temple is in the western part of Kanchi and near a
small river called Kampa. कम्पा पाथः कमल वनिका कामुकः:
one who loves the assemblage of lotuses in the waters of the
Kampa. The breeze is said to love this retreat, and when it
issues from there, it carries the fragrance of the lotuses and
the coolness of the river.
breeze
you.
दूरात् प्राप्तं = who has arrived
as if (you were)
necessarily, without failing.
serve you).
=
the fragrance-bearing
from a distance. त्वां =
a dear friend.
=
will approach you (to
The three desirable qualities in the breeze that will please
the guest are (1) gentleness, as it comes out of the mango
grove, (2) moist coolness as it comes from the west over the
Siva's temple, and (3) moisture and fragrance, as it comeз
from the lotus filled river.
=
29. मध्ये नगरं - an अव्ययीभावसमास: formed of मध्ये नगरस्य =
in the middle of the town. वः कवीनां स्वामिनी = the queen of
you birds. : means both a poet or prose writer and a
bird. : the wife of the Lotus-born (Brahma)
Brahma the creator, is said to be born in the
of
Vishnu. The Goddess Sarasvati (the Goddess of speech and
learning) is his wife. = the revered, worshipful.
=
the name of Vega (river). = bears. (For allusion
see notes on stanza 25). The river is thus described by
epithets. वर्णस्तोमैः इव = like groups of letters. सप्तभेदैः = divided
into seven different parts (ie, divided into seven branches).
The seven groups are, gutturals, palatals, linguals, dentals,
labials, nasals, and mixed letters.
:-into mighty
streams. The names of these streams are शुक्तिका, कनका शिप्रा