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The Kathá Sarit Ságara

Note 7 — Chapter LXXII

C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation

The passage is full of puns, which it is impossible to translate: the “ornaments” may be rhetorical ornaments, there is also a reference to the guṇas of rhetorical writers. “Sweetly-tinkling” might mean “elegant words.” Guṇákṛishṭá in śloka 76 b, may also mean that the princess was attracted by the good qualities of her opponent.

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