Varadambika-parinaya Campu (Study)
by Bhagavant. L. Nadoni | 1994 | 45,770 words
This is a study in English of the Varadambika-parinaya Campu—a 16th-century Sanskrit poem written by the poetess Tirumalamba. The text itself narrates the marriage of the Vijayanagara King Achyutaraya with Varadambika. This essay emphasizes the literary merit of the Campu by analyzing its narrative style, character portrayals, use of descriptions, ...
Description of the Garden
In this Campu is to be found a beautiful but brief description of the garden. The poetess describes the parrots and other birds, the nests of the birds in the trees, the blooming flowers, the hums of the swarm of bees and so on. She says that the garden had exceedingly been cooled by means of sprinkling with sprays of floral juice that was being scattered by the jewelled pitcher-like clusters of blossoms, tossed up by the breeze. She also refers to the swarms of ruddy geese, ganders, bees, pollen and white lotuses, etc. She personifies the vernal season Vasanta and says that it was looking charming like the courtyard of the palace of the king that had been decorated by the vassal prince She compares the creepers to dancing girls. She also Vasanta.
refers to the melodious songs of the cuckoos.