370 M. M. Chakravarti— Language and literature of Orissa . [No. 4, 
i fans i , 
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cTW I ^5 ^tora I 
Uf^ ^ta I m ^ & I i^l 
mfNe sniPfr ^rtra i fagn att ^ffta | 
frc% >?wf i urn v 1*31 
3f% ^ ^jr to i Prir irfa to to i 
frotv^: i Prwt f% %■ i n >8 i 
Baid. Bila., Kisk. Kanda, 26fch Ch., pp. 209-10. 
“ In the way lies Pampa, the tank of Indra, the best of tanks, 
which is graced by the long-necked cranes, and where bloom the 
Nelnmbiums. [49]. This tank is by nature free from eddies, is en¬ 
livened by the black bees, is so delightful that the immortals are 
deluded to desire it. [50]. Its water is preferably more lucid than 
even a clean mirror, and (so good that) the geese think it better than 
that of even the Manasa tank (beyond the Himalayas). [51]. Its 
water is so cool as to destroy all touch of heat, is very deep with 
flowering blue water-lilies, and is in taste as sweet as honey. [52]. 
The thirsty deers desiring a drink get satisfaction at the bank of this 
tank. The many white lotuses in it give mnch delight to the bees. 
[53]. The red ducks in it dip and rise, and delighted, whirl round in 
circles with their females, reminding the motion of dust storms. [54].” 1 
Lokanatha Dasa. 
On the fictional side, too, Upendra Bhanja’s romances stimulated 
others, among whom Lokanatha Dasa appears to have been one of the ear¬ 
liest. His works have not yet been printed. I have seen in manuscript his 
Sarbaijgasundari and Hunter’s list credits him with three more, Citrot- 
pala, Parimala and Rasakala. The manuscript of Sarbaijgasundari 
takes up 63 folios with 4 lines on each page. It contains 15 Chandas ; 
apparently the last few Chandas are missing. The story part resembles 
the general type of Upendra Bhanja’s romances, and the descriptions are 
also on the same line, though of course with much less poetical skill. 
The date is uncertain, probably the 2nd quarter of the 18th century. 
1 This short canto exemplifies the rhetorical excellence known as “ the final 
alliteration ” (anta Jamakas). The force and the jingle music of the Jamakas, it 
is impossible to show in the translation. 
