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Chapter VII

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1. 'Milk-white,' a free rendering of '_nanuñga-badanī_': _nanuñga_, modern _nanī_, is a preparation of milk, not exactly curd.

_'Whiter far than Moorish milk.'_

Richard Braithwait.
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7. '_Cakravākas_,' birds (_Anas casarca_), of which the pairs are said to separate at night, for example, to sleep on opposite sides of a river.

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This is one of Vidyāpati's most renowned poems, and a favourite subject of Rājput painters.

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