Chapter 16 - The Tilakamanjari as a Sanskrit novel

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the goddess is rather long-wounded and at times quite rheto-
rical, it is in harmony with the grand offers she makes to
the king before granting the boon; and there is a charming-
ly natural light touch in it.
317 The exchanges between Vajrāyudha and Samaraketu during
the latter's night-attack is marked with forcefulness ex-
pressive of the haughty and proud dispositions of both the
warriors, and they are fittingly interspersed with the des-
cription of the battle.
318 The long speech by Kamalagupta' calculated to humour
Samaraketu, is, though long-wounded, quite interesting as
it embodies the subtle tenor of psudo-philosophical discour-
se, feigned anger and underlying humour.
319.
is
The brief dialogue between Tāraka and Priyadarsanā
in harmony with the shrewdly innocent character of Tāraka
and of the bashful boldness of Priyadarsana respectively.
The picture of hullabaloo preceding the landing of na-
320 val forces' consists of a series of mutual, though unrela-
ted instructions of the members of naval crew and stands
out as a peculiar type of dialogue by itself.
Taraka's speech in support of his wish to return to the
321 camp and Samaraketu's speech expressive of his dialemma
are as good as monologues revealing their mental attitudes
as regards the same situation.
317. TM(N),pp.90(5)-91(19). / 318. ibid.,pp.lll(10)-113(4).
319. ibid., pp.128(4)-129(2). / 320. ibid.,pp.139(5)-140(6)
321. ibid., pp.147(10)-150(11).