The Kādambarī of Bāṇa

by Bāṇa‏; Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa

[211] Recaka, so commentary.

[212] Both trees of paradise.

[213] The quarter of Çatakratu or Indra.

[214] All auspicious signs. Cakra is (a) a quoit; (b) a cakravāka.

[215] (a) A demon; (b) the heron.

[216] For the love of snakes for the breeze, V. Raghuvaṃça, XIII., 12, and Buddhacarita, I., 44. Snakes are sometimes called vāyubaksha.

[217] The following reference to Thomas Bell’s ‘History of British Quadrupeds’ was given by Mr. S. B. Charlesworth. ‘Writing about the deer of our parks (p. 404) he (Bell) quotes Playford’s “Introduction to Music” as follows: “Travelling some years since, I met on the road near Royston a herd of about twenty deer following a bagpipe and violin, which while the music played went forward. When it ceased they all stood still, and in this manner they were brought out of Yorkshire to Hampton Court.”’ V. supra, pp. 40, 79.

[218] Meghadūta, 38.

[219] The dvīpas are continents separated from each other by oceans. The Çvetadvīpa, or White Continent, is, according to Weber, suggested by Alexandria. V. ‘Indische Studien,’ I., 400; II., 397, 398.

[220] Dvandva, a pair of opposites, as, e.g., pleasure and pain.