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1(33) 2. Then she sawa tame, lucky bull, of a whiter hue than that of the mass of petals of the white lotus, illumining all around by the diffusion of a glory of light; (a bull) whose lovely, resplendent, beautiful hump was delightful through the collection of its charms, whose glossy skin (was covered with) thin, fine, soft hairs; whose body was firm, well made, muscular, compact, lovely, well proportioned, and beautiful ; whose horns were large, round, excellently beautiful, greased at their tops, and pointed; whose teeth were all equal, shining, and pure. He foreboded innumerable good qualities. (34) 3. Then she saw a handsome, handsomely shaped, playful lion, jumping from the sky towards her face; a delightful and beautiful lion whiter than a heap of pearls, &c. (see § 33), who had strong and lovely fore-arms, and a mouth adorned with round, large, 232 KALPA SOTRA. and well-set teeth; whose lovely lips, splendent through their proportions, and soft like a noble lotus, looked as if they were artificially ornamented ; whose palate! was soft and tender like the petals of the red lotus, and the top of whose tongue was protruding ; whose eyes were like pure lightning, and revolved like red-hot excellent gold just poured out from the crucible; (a lion) with broad and large thighs, and with full and excellent shoulders, who was adorned with a mane of soft, white, thin, long hair of the finest quality; whose erect, well-shaped, and well-grown tail was flapping ; the tops of whose nails were deeply set and sharp; whose beautiful tongue came out of his mouth like a shoot of beauty. (35) 4. Then she, with the face of the full moon, saw the goddess of famous beauty, Sri, on the top of Mount Himavat, reposing on a lotus in the lotus lake, anointed with the water from the strong and large trunks of the guardian elephants. She sat on a lofty throne. Her firmly placed feet resembled golden tortoises, and her dyed, fleshy, convex, thin, red, smooth nails were set in swelling muscles*. Her hands and feet were like the leaves of the lotus, and her fingers and toes soft and excellent; her round and well-formed legs were adorned with the Kuruvindavarta *, and her knees with dimples. Her fleshy thighs resembled the proboscis of an excellent elephant, and her lovely broad hips were encircled by a golden zone. Her large and beautiful belly was ' Another reading noticed in the commentary has tala, upperside of the tongue, instead of tAlu, palate. 4 Literally, elevated and fat. * An ornament according to the commentary. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 233
2Her large and beautiful belly was ' Another reading noticed in the commentary has tala, upperside of the tongue, instead of tAlu, palate. 4 Literally, elevated and fat. * An ornament according to the commentary. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 233 adorned by a circular navel, and contained a lovely row of hairs (black as) collyrium, bees, or clouds, straight, even, continuous, thin, admirable, handsome, soft, and downy. Her waist, which contained the three folds, could be encompassed with one hand. On all parts of her body shone ornaments and trinkets, composed of many jewels and precious stones, yellow and red gold. The pure cup-like pair of her breasts sparkled, encircled by a garland of Kunda flowers, in which glittered a string of pearls. She wore strings of pearls made by diligent and clever artists, shining with wonderful strings, a necklace of jewels with a string of Dindrds!, and a trembling pair of earrings, touching her shoulders, diffused a brilliancy; but the united beauties and charms’ of these ornaments were only subservient to the loveliness of her face*. Her lovely eyes were large and. pure like the water lily. She sprinkled about, the sap from two lotus flowers which she held in *her splendid hands, and gracefully fanned herself. Her glossy, black, thick, smooth hair hung down in a braid. (36) 5. Then she saw, coming down from the firmament, a garland charmingly interwoven with fresh Mandara flowers. It spread the delicious smell of Kampaka?®, Asoka‘t, Naga® Punnaga’, Priyangu’, 1 This word, corresponding to the Greek &3nvdpiov, proves the late composition of this part of the Kalpa Satra. 3 I cannot accurately construe this passage ; my translation is therefore rather free, but, I believe, comes near the meaning of the original. 5 Michelia Champaka. ‘ Jonesia Asoka. 5 Mesua Roxburghii. * Rottlera Tinctoria. 7 Panicum Italicum. 234 KALPA SOTRA. Sirtsha!, Mudgara’®, Mallika’, Gatit, Yathika’, Ankolla*, Korazéakapatra’, Damanaka*, Navamalika®, Bakula’, Tilaka™, V4Asantika!?, Nuphar, Nymphaea, P4&/ala*, Kunda™, Atimukta™, and Mango; and perfumed the ten divisions of the universe with its incomparably delightful fragrance. It was white through wreaths of fragrant flowers of all seasons, and brilliant through splendid, beautiful embellishments of many colours. ‘Towards it came humming swarms of different kinds of bees?*, and filled with their sweet noise the whole neighbourhood. (37) 6. And the moon: white as cow-milk, foam, spray of water, or a silver cup, glorious, delighting heart and eyes, full, dispelling the compact darkness of the thickest wilderness, whose crescent shines at the end of the two halves of the month, opening -the blossoms of the groups of Nymphaeas, adorning the night, resembling the surface of a well-polished mirror. She was of a white hue, like a flamingo, the stars’ headornament, the quiver of Cupid’s arrows, raising the waters of the ocean, burning as it were disconsolate
3She was of a white hue, like a flamingo, the stars’ headornament, the quiver of Cupid’s arrows, raising the waters of the ocean, burning as it were disconsolate ‘ Acacia Sirisa. ? A species of jasmine. 5 Jasminum Zambac. * Jasminum Grandiflorum. 5 Jasminum Auriculatum. * Alangium Hexapetalum. ™ Not specialised in our dictionaries. ® Artemisia Indica. ® The many-flowered Nykanthes or Jasminum Zambac. © Mimusops Elengi. * Clerodendum Phlomoides or Symplocos Racemosa. 1? Gaertnera Racemosa. 8 Bignonia Suaveolens. Fragrant Oleander. 18 Diospyros Glutinos or Dalbergia Ougeinense. %¢ Shaépada, madhukari, bhramara. The shafpada are literally six-footed bees, as Stevenson correctly translated, but he strangely reckons them among the preternatural animals, like the four-tusked elephants, dear to the imagination of the Gains! LIVES OF THE GINAS. 235 people when absent from their sweethearts, the large, glorious, wandering headmark of the celestial sphere—beloved in heart and soul by Rohiat?. Such was the glorious, beautiful, resplendent full moon which the queen saw. (38) 7. Then she saw the large sun, the dispeller of the mass of darkness, him of radiant form, red like the Asoka, the open Kimsuka, the bill of a parrot, or the Guagardha®, the adorner of the lotus groups, the marker of the starry host, the lamp of the firmament, throttling as it were the mass of cold, the illustrious leader of the troop of planets, the destroyer of night, who only at his rising and setting may be well viewed, but (at all other times) is difficult to be regarded, who disperses evil-doers that stroll about at night, who stops the influence of cold, who always circles round Mount Meru, whose thousand rays obscure the lustre of other lights*. (39) 8. Then she saw an extremely beautiful and very large flag, a sight for all people, of a form attractive to the beholders. It was fastened to a golden staff with a tuft of many soft and waving peacock’s feathers of blue, red, yellow, and white colours, and seemed as if it would pierce the brilliant, celestial sphere, with the brilliant lion on its top, who was white like crystal, pearlmother, Anka-stone, Kundaflowers, spray of water, or a silver cup. (40) * The commentators understand this passage (Rohinimamahiyayavallabham) differently by explaining hiyaya by hitada, the lover of Rohini who did her mind good. ? According to Stevenson: the red side of the retti seed. ° Or if we adopt a various reading, mentioned in the commentary, payadiya, we must translate: whose luminous glory was set forth by his thousand rays. 236 KALPA SOTRA.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1(33) 2. Then she sawa tame, lucky bull, of a whiter hue than that of the mass of petals of the white lotus, illumining all around by the diffusion of a glory of light; (a bull) whose lovely, resplendent, beautiful hump was delightful through the collection of its charms, whose glossy skin (was covered with) thin, fine, soft hairs; whose body was firm, well made, muscular, compact, lovely, well proportioned, and beautiful ; whose horns were large, round, excellently beautiful, greased at their tops, and pointed; whose teeth were all equal, shining, and pure. He foreboded innumerable good qualities. (34) 3. Then she saw a handsome, handsomely shaped, playful lion, jumping from the sky towards her face; a delightful and beautiful lion whiter than a heap of pearls, &c. (see § 33), who had strong and lovely fore-arms, and a mouth adorned with round, large, 232 KALPA SOTRA. and well-set teeth; whose lovely lips, splendent through their proportions, and soft like a noble lotus, looked as if they were artificially ornamented ; whose palate! was soft and tender like the petals of the red lotus, and the top of whose tongue was protruding ; whose eyes were like pure lightning, and revolved like red-hot excellent gold just poured out from the crucible; (a lion) with broad and large thighs, and with full and excellent shoulders, who was adorned with a mane of soft, white, thin, long hair of the finest quality; whose erect, well-shaped, and well-grown tail was flapping ; the tops of whose nails were deeply set and sharp; whose beautiful tongue came out of his mouth like a shoot of beauty. (35) 4. Then she, with the face of the full moon, saw the goddess of famous beauty, Sri, on the top of Mount Himavat, reposing on a lotus in the lotus lake, anointed with the water from the strong and large trunks of the guardian elephants. She sat on a lofty throne. Her firmly placed feet resembled golden tortoises, and her dyed, fleshy, convex, thin, red, smooth nails were set in swelling muscles*. Her hands and feet were like the leaves of the lotus, and her fingers and toes soft and excellent; her round and well-formed legs were adorned with the Kuruvindavarta *, and her knees with dimples. Her fleshy thighs resembled the proboscis of an excellent elephant, and her lovely broad hips were encircled by a golden zone. Her large and beautiful belly was ' Another reading noticed in the commentary has tala, upperside of the tongue, instead of tAlu, palate. 4 Literally, elevated and fat. * An ornament according to the commentary. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 233
2Her large and beautiful belly was ' Another reading noticed in the commentary has tala, upperside of the tongue, instead of tAlu, palate. 4 Literally, elevated and fat. * An ornament according to the commentary. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 233 adorned by a circular navel, and contained a lovely row of hairs (black as) collyrium, bees, or clouds, straight, even, continuous, thin, admirable, handsome, soft, and downy. Her waist, which contained the three folds, could be encompassed with one hand. On all parts of her body shone ornaments and trinkets, composed of many jewels and precious stones, yellow and red gold. The pure cup-like pair of her breasts sparkled, encircled by a garland of Kunda flowers, in which glittered a string of pearls. She wore strings of pearls made by diligent and clever artists, shining with wonderful strings, a necklace of jewels with a string of Dindrds!, and a trembling pair of earrings, touching her shoulders, diffused a brilliancy; but the united beauties and charms’ of these ornaments were only subservient to the loveliness of her face*. Her lovely eyes were large and. pure like the water lily. She sprinkled about, the sap from two lotus flowers which she held in *her splendid hands, and gracefully fanned herself. Her glossy, black, thick, smooth hair hung down in a braid. (36) 5. Then she saw, coming down from the firmament, a garland charmingly interwoven with fresh Mandara flowers. It spread the delicious smell of Kampaka?®, Asoka‘t, Naga® Punnaga’, Priyangu’, 1 This word, corresponding to the Greek &3nvdpiov, proves the late composition of this part of the Kalpa Satra. 3 I cannot accurately construe this passage ; my translation is therefore rather free, but, I believe, comes near the meaning of the original. 5 Michelia Champaka. ‘ Jonesia Asoka. 5 Mesua Roxburghii. * Rottlera Tinctoria. 7 Panicum Italicum. 234 KALPA SOTRA. Sirtsha!, Mudgara’®, Mallika’, Gatit, Yathika’, Ankolla*, Korazéakapatra’, Damanaka*, Navamalika®, Bakula’, Tilaka™, V4Asantika!?, Nuphar, Nymphaea, P4&/ala*, Kunda™, Atimukta™, and Mango; and perfumed the ten divisions of the universe with its incomparably delightful fragrance. It was white through wreaths of fragrant flowers of all seasons, and brilliant through splendid, beautiful embellishments of many colours. ‘Towards it came humming swarms of different kinds of bees?*, and filled with their sweet noise the whole neighbourhood. (37) 6. And the moon: white as cow-milk, foam, spray of water, or a silver cup, glorious, delighting heart and eyes, full, dispelling the compact darkness of the thickest wilderness, whose crescent shines at the end of the two halves of the month, opening -the blossoms of the groups of Nymphaeas, adorning the night, resembling the surface of a well-polished mirror. She was of a white hue, like a flamingo, the stars’ headornament, the quiver of Cupid’s arrows, raising the waters of the ocean, burning as it were disconsolate
3She was of a white hue, like a flamingo, the stars’ headornament, the quiver of Cupid’s arrows, raising the waters of the ocean, burning as it were disconsolate ‘ Acacia Sirisa. ? A species of jasmine. 5 Jasminum Zambac. * Jasminum Grandiflorum. 5 Jasminum Auriculatum. * Alangium Hexapetalum. ™ Not specialised in our dictionaries. ® Artemisia Indica. ® The many-flowered Nykanthes or Jasminum Zambac. © Mimusops Elengi. * Clerodendum Phlomoides or Symplocos Racemosa. 1? Gaertnera Racemosa. 8 Bignonia Suaveolens. Fragrant Oleander. 18 Diospyros Glutinos or Dalbergia Ougeinense. %¢ Shaépada, madhukari, bhramara. The shafpada are literally six-footed bees, as Stevenson correctly translated, but he strangely reckons them among the preternatural animals, like the four-tusked elephants, dear to the imagination of the Gains! LIVES OF THE GINAS. 235 people when absent from their sweethearts, the large, glorious, wandering headmark of the celestial sphere—beloved in heart and soul by Rohiat?. Such was the glorious, beautiful, resplendent full moon which the queen saw. (38) 7. Then she saw the large sun, the dispeller of the mass of darkness, him of radiant form, red like the Asoka, the open Kimsuka, the bill of a parrot, or the Guagardha®, the adorner of the lotus groups, the marker of the starry host, the lamp of the firmament, throttling as it were the mass of cold, the illustrious leader of the troop of planets, the destroyer of night, who only at his rising and setting may be well viewed, but (at all other times) is difficult to be regarded, who disperses evil-doers that stroll about at night, who stops the influence of cold, who always circles round Mount Meru, whose thousand rays obscure the lustre of other lights*. (39) 8. Then she saw an extremely beautiful and very large flag, a sight for all people, of a form attractive to the beholders. It was fastened to a golden staff with a tuft of many soft and waving peacock’s feathers of blue, red, yellow, and white colours, and seemed as if it would pierce the brilliant, celestial sphere, with the brilliant lion on its top, who was white like crystal, pearlmother, Anka-stone, Kundaflowers, spray of water, or a silver cup. (40) * The commentators understand this passage (Rohinimamahiyayavallabham) differently by explaining hiyaya by hitada, the lover of Rohini who did her mind good. ? According to Stevenson: the red side of the retti seed. ° Or if we adopt a various reading, mentioned in the commentary, payadiya, we must translate: whose luminous glory was set forth by his thousand rays. 236 KALPA SOTRA.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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