Nagananda 3.p4
Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World 3.p4
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3.p4
Parasite (angrily).
The marriage of Malayavatí took place in the first watch; how, then, is she not come yet, though it is morning? (Thinking for a time, with joy.) I suppose that at the marriage feast all the Siddha and Vidyádhara people, with their friends and acquaintances, are enjoying the delight of drinking in the flower-garden; so that there Navamáliká will be looking out for me. So I will now go there. What is Śekharaka without Navamáliká?
3.p4.n1
Both these names are significant. Śekharaka properly means a garland, and Navamáliká the double-jasmine.