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The Rāmāyana, Volume 3. Yuddhakāndam

Note 123 — YUDDHAKĀNDAM. (continued 2)

Manmatha Nath Dutt translation

This simile is hardly happy; but the lure was even the name of the monkey, Angada suggested kanakāngada—golden bracelet. This typifies the tendency prevailing to this day of Hindu authors to exercise their ingenuity in puns.—T.

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