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‘the first four’ M. 14- He shall receive
payments in gold. B reads 29- nf^-
sns B for 35- ^rnrsn^ B for
Onrnrer.
20, I- ‘on a site naturally fitted
for a building.' Or may denote the art of
building, like the meaning being that the
harem should be erected on a site recommended by
the rules of architecture. Cp. X, i,
i. 2. M inserts before ‘or his bed-
room should be built in the middle, on the model of
his treasury-house’. For cp. Kamasutra
p. 291, 4 or
‘a mine or subterraneous passage ’ is supposed to be
derived from Gr. syrinx. A countermine is called
See XII, 5. 8- B, ‘ water mixed with
gold.’ Sh reads ‘ hail-water’. 9-
M. I0« B. 1 Cats, peacocks, etc., when let
loose (ScSTTf), will eat up snakes.’ M. N. Dutt has
referred 3^4 in the analogous rule of the Nltisara
(VII, 14) to the excrements of cats, etc., the bezoar
stone produced by these animals being regarded as an
antidote to poison. However, the verb means
eating up and must refer to the cats, etc,, killing the
snakes. Sh reads 15- Analogous rules
regarding the effect of poison on various birds are
found in medical texts, such as e. g.t Susruta’s Kalpa-
sthana (I, 28-30). 25- ^V^Tl° B. 26* These stor-
ies of kings killed by their own queens recur in other
works, such as Varahamihira’s Brhatsamhita(LXXVHL
1), Bapa’s Harsacarita, Ksemendra’s Kathakosa, the
Nltisara, etc., and have even passed into Arabian Lite-
ratureBM. 29- Sh.
‘the first four’ M. 14- He shall receive
payments in gold. B reads 29- nf^-
sns B for 35- ^rnrsn^ B for
Onrnrer.
20, I- ‘on a site naturally fitted
for a building.' Or may denote the art of
building, like the meaning being that the
harem should be erected on a site recommended by
the rules of architecture. Cp. X, i,
i. 2. M inserts before ‘or his bed-
room should be built in the middle, on the model of
his treasury-house’. For cp. Kamasutra
p. 291, 4 or
‘a mine or subterraneous passage ’ is supposed to be
derived from Gr. syrinx. A countermine is called
See XII, 5. 8- B, ‘ water mixed with
gold.’ Sh reads ‘ hail-water’. 9-
M. I0« B. 1 Cats, peacocks, etc., when let
loose (ScSTTf), will eat up snakes.’ M. N. Dutt has
referred 3^4 in the analogous rule of the Nltisara
(VII, 14) to the excrements of cats, etc., the bezoar
stone produced by these animals being regarded as an
antidote to poison. However, the verb means
eating up and must refer to the cats, etc,, killing the
snakes. Sh reads 15- Analogous rules
regarding the effect of poison on various birds are
found in medical texts, such as e. g.t Susruta’s Kalpa-
sthana (I, 28-30). 25- ^V^Tl° B. 26* These stor-
ies of kings killed by their own queens recur in other
works, such as Varahamihira’s Brhatsamhita(LXXVHL
1), Bapa’s Harsacarita, Ksemendra’s Kathakosa, the
Nltisara, etc., and have even passed into Arabian Lite-
ratureBM. 29- Sh.