Studies in Indian Art c9.s3.28

c9.s3.28

Again the poet refers to the *Kalpa-Vriksha* 'madhu' named 'anangadīpaka' (also called 'ratiphala' in *Meghadūta* II, 3) which was served in cups of scarlet coloured gems ('lohitārka-maṇi-bhājana.' *Kumāra* 8. 75). The conception of fine garments produced from the *Kalpataru* is found not only in Kālisa (*Kalpataru-lambi amśuaka Kumār.* 8.71), but also in Bāṇabhaṭṭa who refers several times to the '*Kalpadruma dukūla*' or the '*Kalpalatā dukūla*' which was diaphanous and transparent like the slough of a snake and so light as to be tossed about even by the air of human breath (धौते निश्वासहार्यं निर्मोकशुचिनी कल्पतादुकूले, *Kādambarī* text, ed. Vaidya, p. 201, 206).²