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resplendent with pleasing lustre — 



8a3§ ®m&<f...dbe5 



has firm substantial qualities. 



8^8... ^...csd" cg<€fc 



I should not omit to add to the above one other species of 

 composition called Debas, or "dialogues." They are generally 

 the language of imagination, wound up at the conclusion 

 with some reality or praise (as the case may be) which the 

 writer wishes to convey. The following from the Perakumbd- 

 *sirita is a good illustration : — 



©stes^ 353© §<g<^ £^ tsi<&®€)<Q @e)(3 a) 



cod sacs q?-dk£f &idz$i)dd 

 ®q8 cSc^g^f ®eg ©qssts ^d (32) #3 



The above, when rendered into a dialogue, is read as 

 follows :— 



The Ocean : — ©NStfesq. O Moon ! 



The Moon:—&® ®&q. What, 0 Ocean ? 



The Ocean : — S3i<2D(^e)^ <§\£)(333. Why does thou 

 hide thyself behind the skirts of the shore ? 



The Moon: — <^©e> cod eoc& q'&ztf eids?©dd" 



cS^g^. (Because) the enlightened King 

 Parakrama gives away his (elephants) to those who 

 are in quest of elephants and horses.* 



The Ocean : — @<£©ea .253d (32)20 aogesf -sa^g© @^es3© 

 cg^gsj 1 ogdj. <^iQ5. (Nay) the offering of that 

 silver brilliancy (gentleness) of rays, which thou 

 hast emitted is (alone) sufficient to please him 

 (towards thee, and deter him from such an act).| 



* This answer conveys to a person well read in the mythology of 

 the East greater information than the words themselves impart. " I do 

 so, lest the enlightened King Parakrama, who gives away elephants to 

 those who are in quest of elephants and horses, should also part with 

 my own elephant, which is my habitation." 



f The ocean is here represented to have spoken thus : " Nay, the 

 offering of that silver-brilliancy (gentleness) of rays which thou hast 

 emitted is alone sufficient to please him towards thee, and to prevent 

 him from giving away thy habitation." 



