225. 250 CHAPTER IV

250 CHAPTER IV

stage of twilight, the dusk, was not at all noticeable even in the East.

Here the points to be specially noted are the following :- 1. The word for moon in Sanskrit, Candra, is used in the masculine and not in the feminine gender, like the word "moon" in English. 2. The word for night, Nisa, is feminine. 3. Niśamukha is a recognised expression for the commencement of night. 4. Most of the words in the verse, under discussion, have double meaning as stated above. Now let the reader arrange the second meanings of the words of the above list in the following order and find out what they suggest :- (Sasī) the lover, so caught to kiss the red lotus-like face of loving Niśa, the beloved, with tremulous eyes, that she did not notice the thin dark garment that fell in front, because of the intensity of her love. Let the first meanings also be similarly arranged as follows :- "The moon so illumined the ruddy commencement of night, with a few twinkling stars, that the mixed light and darkness after the twilight, the dusk, was not at all noticeable even in the East." Thus a statement, which arouses another image besides the one directly stated, because the adjuncts possess double meaning and, therefore, are applicable to the suggested, is called Samasokti, because the two meanings have been condensed together. Now let the reader analyse his experience after hearing