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तिरस्कृतो रोषवशात परिष्वजन्
प्रियो मृगाक्ष्या शयितः पराङ्मुखः ।
किं मूर्च्छितोऽसाविति कान्दिशीकया
कयाचिदाचुम्ब्य चिराय सष्वजे ॥
The lover though rebuked embraced her in anger
And lay there turning his face opposite to her.
'Has he fainted!' thus thought the doe-eyed woman
And kissed and hugged him again and again.
 
The verse states how the lover attained all on a sudden the
most agreeable and desired result through the acts of kissing and
embrace from his aggrieved mistress.
 
Definitions
 
वाञ्छितादधिकप्राप्तिरयत्ने प्रहर्षणम् । च. ५.४५
उत्कण्ठितार्थसंसिद्धिर्विना यत्नं प्रहर्षणम् ।
वाञ्छितादधिकार्थस्य संसिद्धिश्च प्रहर्षणम् ।
यत्नादुपायसिद्ध्यर्थात् साक्षाल्लाभ:भः फलस्य च । कु. १२६ - १३१
साक्षात्तदुद्देश्ययत्नमन्तरेणाप्यभीष्टार्थलाभः प्रहर्षणम् । र. २
 
<headword>प्रहेलिका</headword>
 
प्रहेलिका Prahelikā : Riddle :
 
The word prahelikā (pra √hel aka ā) means a riddle (roedeles roedan to
read) in the form of an enigma, a conundrum, a puzzling question, or
an obscure description of something. Riddles are more or less very pop-
ular literary forms in all ages. In folk literature as well as in oral tra-
dition, numerous forms of riddles are found to be very common.
The scope of riddle ranges from common topics to various forms
of literary style and expression. We find riddles in Vedic and
Upanisadic hymns in the form of charms, spells and incantations as
well as in classical and folk poetry.
 
As a figure of speech Prahelikā is first defined in the Agnipurāṇa
and afterwards accepted by Bhoja, Viśvanātha, Kṣemendra and oth-
ers. According to the Agnipurāṇa, Prahelika is an enigma with dou-
ble meaning concealed therein. Bhoja calls it a kind of unanswered