aizAnyAM bhAty aSTa-patraM mAdhavI-kuJja-sArasam |
mAdhavAnandadaM nAma nAnA-lIlopahAra-yuk ||
“On the northeast petal lies a madhavi bower known as Madhavanandada Kunja. It is shaped like an eight-petaled lotus and provides the necessary materials for various pastimes.” (Govinda-LIlAmRtam 7.65)
Madhavi Flower
phulla-malllIbhir AzliSTa-namra-zAkhA-bhuja-vrajaiH |
chAditaM phulla-punnAgaiz candrakAnta-citAntaram ||
padma-patrAkAra-kuJjair veSTitaM svarNa-karNikam |
udIcyAM maNi-kiJjalkaM bhAti kuJjaM sitAmbujam ||
“On the northern petal lies Sitambuja Kunja, a beautiful lotus-shaped bower with a golden pericarp surrounded by filaments of jewels and leaflike bowers covered with moonstones and blooming nagakeshara trees, their branches bent low with blossoming jasmine vines.” (Govinda-LIlAmRtam 7.66-67)
Nagakeshara
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