Note 38 — X MURĀRI, RĀJAÇEKHARA, THEIR PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS
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Excellent also is the king’s address38 to the Açoka when made to blossom by the touch of the foot of his young beloved, but more characteristic in his comment,39 inspired by the Vidūṣaka’s ungallant comparison of the fresh beauty of the maiden with the passée comeliness of his queen: