ON
Kadambari ( Uttarabhaga ).
Pattralekha descrihes to Chandrapida the state of the love-
sick heart of Kadambari, the heroine of Bana's romance. In
the midst of this description, Bana was cut off by the iron hand
of Death and the story came to an abrupt stop. Bana's dutiful
son took up the thread of the narrative where it had been left
by his father and finished the romance.
P. 1. Verse 1. Following the custom of ancient Sanskrit
writers, Bana's son begins his part of the work by performing
what is called मङ्गल । A मङ्गल usually consists of a salutation or
benediction. The performance of मङ्गल was deemed necessary for
the removal of obstacles and for the safe completion of the work
undertaken. Note the words of पतञ्जलि 'माङ्गलिक आचार्यो महतः
शास्त्रौघस्य मङ्गलार्थ सिद्ध्शब्दमादितः प्रयुङ्क्ते । rfe 'jrrwf^p g^pff ^ m :
gr reftrer^ra fgrS te*^rri^: ^ i j^r^r ft ^ (m ^ ^
qtmrwr Vol. 1 p. 7 (Kielhorn). Construe zpft: ^-^j,^^^ ^
formed from the union of the two halves ( 3^ ) of two bodies.
It was supposed that qjM by her penance shared half of S'iva's
body. <w is very fond of representing f^ as to^, half
male, half female, the left portion corresponding to q[<f?ff. Note
p. 188 of P; '^fenWr^^Jfwtf^t^^rofoft m^mrf^
^SPfa^' p. 322 of P. (p. 79 of this book). Compare also p^-
- P^r VII 28 'sr^fS^^T^T^ T?5f^si& <TTf5nRT W ^r I ^ 3
- Tf%iJ ^SJ ZR7 OT; (?r<k^) whose points of combination and
division are not observed. The idea seems to be that the halves
of the bodies of ffa and i^M are so closely combined that it is
impossible to show definitely the spot where they are joined and
to separate them one from the other. Ar. reads 'gf?W4JT'. g^
HteT— - 15^2: sfrcrcf&r: TO Ws} TO— for the completion of the
