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except the fundamental idea that females rushed to have a look 
t the prince. e rush of females towards windows and 
i to witness marriage processions is of every-day occurrence 
in every city in India, and no Indian is in need of this — of a 
rush of females being put into his head by another pers e 
details of the description will of course vary with the wilde In 
the above, we have only two points of detail that are common—the 
idea that with the female faces crowding there, each window looked 
as af decorated with so many lotuses ; and the remark made by the 
females. We soe to find ont to whom these are due—to Asvagho- 
sha or to Kalidas 
efore proceeding further we note that all the slokas quoted 
above from the Raghuvamsam, along with a very large number 
of other slokas not quoted, occur in the Kumarasambhavam also, 
with slight verbal changes, where necessary, to suit the context. 
Besides, there are several others in the two poems Kumara and 
aghu, which embody the same thought in different words. 
author of these common ideas. If he were not, he would not have 
paraded them in this way. The thief does not make a display of 
stolen goods. 
On the other hand, an examination of Asvaghosha’s Buddha- 
charita shows that, with all on levi of the language, the 
oe is poor in Ee Fine idea d in his work, it is true, 
cription of the scene, as quoted above, is apparently a nice piece of 
po But it does not Deleted a wee idea which Kalidasa has 
not expressed in his works. difference is that the ideas are 
scattered in K4&lidasa, but fonds in Asvaghosha. Let me try 
to prove what I say. 
The 15th verse of Asvaghosha quoted above presents the 
picture of women with jewellery misplered re ae through 
eagerness, and with their progress hampered b he waist-chain 
which has slipped down 
Kalidasa deamon the misplacing of cigs in Kumara 
orga waTwofayanwaran,” etc, The waist-chain interfering 
with motion is described in Kumara III. 55—“‘eet faaeares- 
SAT Ue oe FacerearstaA” | 
e idea of haste ne ei by it sloka of Asvaghosha does 
out were goin ae for days as is betas from verses 3, 4,5. The 
peat for the =e art was a mie fixed (see verse 6). Verses 10, i, 12 
show that ie prince’s chariot was moving very slowly (aa: WH 
Hats) with a view to give an — ty to such of the 
citizens as wished to have a good look a The citizens, too, 
