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ANNOTATION
1. Vandāru is a prayerful devotee, vandārur abhivādeke
as the Amarakośa gives it. A hymn itself is a
panegyric as abhavādinī eshā ṛik bhavati, Nirukta.
Mandāra is a celestial wish-fulfilling tree like the
Kalpavṛiksha, flowers from which that have abiding
perfume and never fade are used by Śachi: śach-
yās chiram pāṇḍukopolalaṁbīn mandāraśūnyān ala-
kāmśchakāra, Raghuvamśa, 6, 23. mandāramālā-
kalitālakāyai is the description of Devi, in the
Ardhanārinateśastotra of Śankara.
2. Tamāla is a tree of dark foliage. Vishnu who is
dark like laden cloud is dark like Tamāla, tarunā-
tamālanīlabahalonnamadambudāḥ, Mālatiīmādhava,
9,18. The horipilation of Hari is like Tamāla in
tender sprouts.
Apāngalilā or the sport of a side-long glance is
attractive chalāpāṅgam dṛishtiḥ, Abhijñānaśākunta-
lam, 1,24., yad iyam punar apyapānganetrā parivṛit-
tārdhamukhi mayādya dṛishtā, Vikaramoraśīya,
1,17.
3. Mugdhā here means charming and not innocent
or artless, mugdhas sundaramūḍhayoḥ says Amara-
kośa. Poets compare the dark glances of beauti-
ful damsels to a garland of blue lotuses as in
Kalidāsa's description of the windows of the
mansions of Ayodhyā filled with blue lotuses in the
form of the eyes of the women anxious to have a
1. Vandāru is a prayerful devotee, vandārur abhivādeke
as the Amarakośa gives it. A hymn itself is a
panegyric as abhavādinī eshā ṛik bhavati, Nirukta.
Mandāra is a celestial wish-fulfilling tree like the
Kalpavṛiksha, flowers from which that have abiding
perfume and never fade are used by Śachi: śach-
yās chiram pāṇḍukopolalaṁbīn mandāraśūnyān ala-
kāmśchakāra, Raghuvamśa, 6, 23. mandāramālā-
kalitālakāyai is the description of Devi, in the
Ardhanārinateśastotra of Śankara.
2. Tamāla is a tree of dark foliage. Vishnu who is
dark like laden cloud is dark like Tamāla, tarunā-
tamālanīlabahalonnamadambudāḥ, Mālatiīmādhava,
9,18. The horipilation of Hari is like Tamāla in
tender sprouts.
Apāngalilā or the sport of a side-long glance is
attractive chalāpāṅgam dṛishtiḥ, Abhijñānaśākunta-
lam, 1,24., yad iyam punar apyapānganetrā parivṛit-
tārdhamukhi mayādya dṛishtā, Vikaramoraśīya,
1,17.
3. Mugdhā here means charming and not innocent
or artless, mugdhas sundaramūḍhayoḥ says Amara-
kośa. Poets compare the dark glances of beauti-
ful damsels to a garland of blue lotuses as in
Kalidāsa's description of the windows of the
mansions of Ayodhyā filled with blue lotuses in the
form of the eyes of the women anxious to have a