33/107 Manmatha, a name of Kandarpa, or Camdeo, the god of love.] [Footnote 35: p.11.l.2._Pledge me to thy faith, O raja_. Bopp has rendered '_pranayaswa_,' _uxorem duc_, but this is questionable. The root '_ni_,' with the preposition '_pari_,' has that sense, but with '_pra_' its usual acceptation is 'to love, to bear affection.' I have not met with it in the sense 'to marry.' Bopp is followed by Rosen in assigning this sense to '_prani_.' WILSON.] [Footnote 36: p.7.l.4._In full trust is thine_. |