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Sir William Jones differently describes them in the 

 following beautiful lines, giving a descriptionof the maimer a 

 or " flowery darts '.' of Cupid. 



He bends the luscious cane and twists the string, 



With bees how sweet, but ah ! how keen their sting. 



He with five liow'rets tips the ruthless darts, 



Which through five senses pierce enraptur'd hearts : 



Strong Champa, rich in odorous gold, 



Warm Acra nursed in heav'nly mould ; 



Dry Nagaser in silver smiling ; 



Hot Criticum our sense beguiling, 



And last to kindle fierce the scorching flame. 



Love shaft, which gods bright Bela name "* 



The Eastern Cupid bears upon his banner the Makcuri, an 

 aquatic monster like a fish ; and in the Makara-dvaja^ Dissa- 

 nayaka describes him as a "fierce warrior, approaching to 

 battle."™ 



ca2rf6©©^3^(^c^g<g©t55^S5ii)d^z do 

 Ssf©^9gqQ@c53S)z«3d^d?C3^esi do 

 " Mounted on the elephant of darkness — holding the umbrella of Autumn, 

 hoisting the banner of Maka?% ten joying the music of the bellowing 

 seas; playing the lute (chank) which produces the kokila's (cuckoo's) 

 notes, and holding the sugar-cane bow with lotus darts." 



According to one of the Pur anas, the worship of Kama, 

 was instituted by Siva, in pity of the fate to which he had 



* " In the Romaant of [the Hose there is something of a similar al- 

 legory; Cupid is armed with ' ten bi ade arrows,' of which 'five were 

 shaven well ami (light, ' and of a nature to produce virtuous attachment ; 

 while the other five ' also black as fiend in hell ' were Pride, villaine, 

 &c, and of pernicious properties." — Wilson's Mtgha Dufa. 



See various descriptions of ' the five flowers,' in Professor Williams' 

 bakuntala, note at p. 100. 



f Literally •' Fish-banner." the name of a poem. 



% Although the name signifies a ' fish ' and its representation in the 

 Indian Zodiac has a resemblance to the Pisces of the western Astronomers ; 

 yet I cannot help thinking that this is the crocodile of Egytian worship. 

 The Makara toran over porches in Buddhistical temples clearly prove this 

 to be a crocodile. Professor Wilson describes the animal as " monster," 

 which doubtless it is, judging from the representations given of it in 

 Buddhistical Temples, 



