Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.565

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Then the block quote: Does it have line breaks or is it joined? Instructions: "Body text as paragraphs: one paragraph per line (join the printed lines of a paragraph; undo hyphenation at line ends), a blank line between paragraphs. Block quotations and verse quotations on lines starting with "> "." For block quotations: is each printed line with "> " or is the whole block quote one line with "> "? "Block quotations and verse quotations on lines starting with '> '." Usually verse quotations are line by line, but prose block quotations can be one paragraph starting with "> ", OR if it's verse: Wait, is this verse? "Placing the Mother of the Three Worlds upon a golden throne, studded with precious gems, Śūlapāṇi dances on the heights of Kailāsa, and all the gods gather round him : Sarasvatī plays on the vīṇā, Indra on the flute, Brahmā holds the cymbals marking time, Lakshmī begins a song, Vishṇu plays on a mṛidanga, and all the devas stand round about : Gandharvas, Yakshas, Patajas, Uragas, Siddhas, Sādhyas, Vidyādharas, Amaras, Apsarasas, and all the beings dwelling in the Three Worlds assemble there to witness the celestial dance and hear the music of the divine choir at the hour of twilight." This is a translation of a Sanskrit stotra (verse), formatted as verse lines! Notice each line ends with a comma, colon, etc., and "twilight." is indented at the end. But wait, whether joined or line by line: Wait, let's look at the line ends: "throne," "heights" -> wait, does it break at "heights"? Wait, look at the margin of the block quote: The block quote has wider margins (indented on both left and right). Let's see if it's prose or verse: Line 1: "Placing the Mother of the Three Worlds upon a golden throne," Line 2: "studded with precious gems, Śūlapāṇi dances on the heights" Line 3: "of Kailāsa, and all the gods gather round him :" Line 4: "Sarasvatī plays on the vīṇā, Indra on the flute, Brahmā holds" Line 5: "the cymbals marking time, Lakshmī begins a song, Vishṇu" Line 6: "plays on a mṛidanga, and all the devas stand round about :" Line 7: "Gandharvas, Yakshas, Patajas, Uragas, Siddhas, Sādhyas," Line 8: "Vidyādharas, Amaras, Apsarasas, and all the beings dwelling" Line 9: "in the Three Worlds assemble there to witness the celestial" Line 10: "dance and hear the music of the divine choir at the hour of" Line 11: "twilight." It fills the entire indented measure, with hyphenations or justified lines! Notice "heights", "holds", "Vishṇu", "dwelling", "of" - these are simply justified margins of an indented prose block quote! Wait, but what does the instruction say? "Body text as paragraphs: one paragraph per line (join the printed lines of a paragraph; undo hyphenation at line ends), a blank line between paragraphs. Block quotations and verse quotations on lines starting with "> "." If it's a prose block quotation: "> Placing the Mother of the Three Worlds upon a golden throne, studded with precious gems, Śūlapāṇi dances on the heights of Kailāsa, and all the gods gather round him : Sarasvatī plays on the vīṇā, Indra on the flute, Brahmā holds the cymbals marking time, Lakshmī begins a song, Vishṇu plays on a mṛidanga, and all the devas stand round about : Gandharvas, Yakshas, Patajas, Uragas, Siddhas, Sādhyas, Vidyādharas, Amaras, Apsarasas, and all the beings dwelling in the Three Worlds assemble there to witness the celestial dance and hear the music of the divine choir at the hour of twilight."