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" Her eyes were similar " — Vishmi-Sutra, i. 22 . . . 234 

 Kama's death 238 



The harsh decree was afterwards modified, and the god of 

 love restored to life upon the wedding of Uma and Siva, and 

 at the present day is as efficient in the use of his flower-tipped 

 arrows as he was of yore. 



" When bees festoon" 239 



Lines and clusters of dark bees laid upon the light surface 

 of the lotus-flowers is a frequent image in Hindu poetry. 

 In the extravagant language of a later age when nothing 

 was spared that could add force or color to a phrase, 

 we find the sacred and mysterious word Om thus used, 

 — the divine Sarasvate, goddess of learning, still a 

 maiden of tender years, serving Brahma, is described. 

 In the flowers of her ear-ornaments tribes of devoted 

 bees attended upon her like repeated oms accompany- 

 ing the "Cruti." Harsa-Carita, a. h'lstoncal romcLiice 

 by Bana — Trans, by E. B. Cowell and F. W. Thomas. 239 

 " What sounds are these ? " — Kdlidasd : The Hero and 



the Nytnph 239 



" The dried up dew " 242 



In the rutting season a thick honey-like dew, attractive to 

 bees, exudes from the elephant's temples. 



This secretion does not appear to have been offensive to 

 the people, far otherwise, and there are frequent references 

 to it. The following quotations from Bana's liarsa-Carita 

 graphically, and possibly with exaggeration, describe this phe- 

 nomenon. The elephant stable is observed, — "indistinct, 

 owing to the distance, but regaling the nostrils with an odor 

 as of groves of Vakida trees in full bloom which diffused itself 

 far and wide, while the stable was filled with streams of ichor 

 covered with bees." 



" Sweet inebriating fragrance " 243 



The inebriating effect of the nectar of flowers upon the bees 

 is a favorite fancy with the Hindu poets, as is also the song 

 of the bee, but of all the wild flights of fancy indulged in on 

 the subject, nothing is known to the present writer to com- 



