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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XII. 



The creeper of science of ethics, which had been caused to sprout 

 by Vrihaspati (Jupiter), to be decked with branches and leaves by 

 Sukra (Venus), and to be productive of flowers by Eishi Parasara, was 

 last of all made to bear ambrosial fruits by the Lord (Bodhisat). 



The same poet, in his afore-mentioned Selalihini Sandesa,, 

 describes a bird : — 



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Pulmal kesaru men — ranwani tela saranayuga 

 Sapumal kelew tuda madaratini manahara 

 Nilupul delew samvani piya piya patara 

 Malinkala reew' — ebevini nubin enawara 

 Niluda lada sidambuwo diiigu warale nilu 

 Nilii dawata bihgupela ada tambaranilu 



Golden are these limbs, like pollen golden, 

 Of full-blown flowers : yellow thy fair beak 

 As champac buds ; the comely feather blue 

 As petals of blue lotus ; wherefore when, 

 Like an image flower wrought, thou comest 

 Through the sky, have not young goddess 

 Placed thee among their long black locks ? or bees 

 In lotus dwelling oft encircle thee ? — Macready 



It is remarkable that in the descriptions of personal charms 

 the poets are at one with each other in using plants and 

 their parts for various comparisons. 



In the following verses of the KavyaseJchara a forest is 

 compared to a woman : — 



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Tamalu waralesa nilupulan net surat bimbuwel lava nate 

 Tambarawata konda dasan madanala susun tambapalu komalate 

 Tisarapiyayuru bingu wasaroda kanaramba watorin yute 

 Mata kowulsara piyatepul dena evana ditiwan dingunete. 



