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(3) corner in a palace, as it were, where he sits surrounded with pleasures appropriate to every season, his body confined to a be and cushions, but his fancy soaring and active. Further, love and ove alone dominates the whole range of descriptions in th Ritusamhar. Kalidasa's fancy of course turns to love in any season: and that too rather lightly. But my point is that the description were lack that variety which is to be seen in his other works. Then, again, may I hazard one suggestion to the author ? In his second edition of this book, or even as an appendix to the present volume, he may devote one part to a selection of some of the similes and metaphors for which Kalidas is so pre-eminetly and leservedly famous. The author will agree with me when I say that in no other Sanskrit poet it is possible to find such happy: expressive similes and metaphors. Of course I cannot pretend to have read my Kalidas as critically as Mr. Padhye seems to have alone. But I will just give a few references to the wealth of Upamânâs which Kalidas displays in his poems and other works would specially note one point, namely, that by no other poet have these Upamânâs been drawn so intimately and so successfully som religious literature and religious philosophy as has been done by Kalidas, He compares वैवस्वत् Manu to प्रँव among छंदाS - R. 1, 11 ) स ददर्श तपोनिधिम् । अन्वासितमरुन्धत्या । स्वाहयेव हविर्भुजम् । ( Raghu 1-56) श्रुतेरिवार्थे स्मृतिरन्वगच्छत् । (R. 2-2) श्रद्धेव साक्षाद्विधिनोपपन्ना । (R.2-16) त्रिसाधना शक्तिरिवार्थमक्षयम् । (R. 3-13)