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ANNOTATION
Vandāru is a prayerful devotee, vandārur abhivādeke
as the Amarakośa gives it. A hymn itself is a
panegyric as abhavādinī eshā rik bhavati, Nirukta.
Mandara is a celestial wish-fulfilling tree like the
Kalpavriksha, flowers from which that have abiding
perfume and never fade are used by Sachi: sach-
yas chiram pāṇḍukopolalambin mandāraśūnyan ala-
kamśchakāra, Raghuvamsa, 6, 23. mandāramālā-
kalitālakāyai is the description of Devi, in the
Ardhanārinateśastotra of Śankara.
Tamāla is a tree of dark foliage. Vishnu who is
dark like laden cloud is dark like Tamāla, tarunā-
tamalanilabahalonnamadambudaḥ, Malatimadhava,
9,18. The horipilation of Hari is like Tamāla in
tender sprouts.
Apāngalilā or the sport of a side-long glance is
attractive chalapangam drishtiḥ, Abhijñānaśākunta-
lam, 1,24., yad iyam punar apyapānganetrā pariv rit-
tārdhamukhi mayadya drishta, Vikaramorasiya,
1,17.
3. Mugdha 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
Kalidasa's description of the windows of the
mansions of Ayodhya filled with blue lotuses in the
form of the eyes of the women anxious to have a
2.
ANNOTATION
Vandāru is a prayerful devotee, vandārur abhivādeke
as the Amarakośa gives it. A hymn itself is a
panegyric as abhavādinī eshā rik bhavati, Nirukta.
Mandara is a celestial wish-fulfilling tree like the
Kalpavriksha, flowers from which that have abiding
perfume and never fade are used by Sachi: sach-
yas chiram pāṇḍukopolalambin mandāraśūnyan ala-
kamśchakāra, Raghuvamsa, 6, 23. mandāramālā-
kalitālakāyai is the description of Devi, in the
Ardhanārinateśastotra of Śankara.
Tamāla is a tree of dark foliage. Vishnu who is
dark like laden cloud is dark like Tamāla, tarunā-
tamalanilabahalonnamadambudaḥ, Malatimadhava,
9,18. The horipilation of Hari is like Tamāla in
tender sprouts.
Apāngalilā or the sport of a side-long glance is
attractive chalapangam drishtiḥ, Abhijñānaśākunta-
lam, 1,24., yad iyam punar apyapānganetrā pariv rit-
tārdhamukhi mayadya drishta, Vikaramorasiya,
1,17.
3. Mugdha 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
Kalidasa's description of the windows of the
mansions of Ayodhya filled with blue lotuses in the
form of the eyes of the women anxious to have a