पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
N O T E S.
ACT I
- P. 1, 1. 1.-एकैश्वर्यस्थितोपि. The opposition shown by अपि between this
- epithet and प्रणतबहुफलः is merely verbal, the figure being an
- instance of what is called शब्दविरोध. एक, opposed to बहु in
- the other epithet, is used in a double sense, viz, that of f supreme' and 'one.'
- P. 1, 1. 3–अष्टाभिः Cf. the introductory stanza of the Ś'akuntala.
- P. 1, 1. 4. -सन्मार्गालोकनाय ‘ to see the good paths'(of morality, religion
- &c.), i.e., that we may see &c.
- P. 1, 1. 7.-मारिषः. By this name the Sûtradhâra usually addresses
- his assistant (पारिपार्श्विकः, who in his turn uses भाव as a term of
- respect in addressing his master.
- P. 1, l, 10.—वसन्तोत्सवे. The Vasanta Festival comes annually on
- the first day of the dark or second half of the month of Phaguna, i..on the first day of Spring, to welcome the advent of
- which was the original object of the festival. This holiday, now
- so much abused by the vulgar classes in the form of the holi
- enormities, appears to have been more soberly enjoyed in olden
- times. The observances enjoined for the Vasantotsava day are:
- l, That a man shall touch a Mahâr, and shall then bathe, to
- secure freedom from all sin, from sorrows and diseases. 2, That
- he shall worship the hot spot, to secure the destruction of all
- pain, with this mantra : वन्दितासि सुरेन्द्रेण ब्रह्मणा शंकरेण च ।
- अतस्त्वं पाहि नो देवि भूते भूतिप्रदा भव । 8, That he shall eat the
- blossom of the mango-tree mixed with sandal-wood, to secure
- the highest happiness, with this mantra : चूतमग्रयं वसन्तस्य माकन्द
- P. 1, 1. 1.-एकैश्वर्यस्थितोपि. The opposition shown by अपि between this
