Chapter LIX

2. _Rāsa_, the circular dance of Krishna with the _gopīs_ (herd-girls), wherein his form was multiplied and became many; thus described in the _Prema Sāgara_, and often represented in Rājput drawings, and constantly acted in the _Rās-līlā_--

_'Two and two the gopīs held hands and between each pair was
Hari their friend. . ._
_Gopi and Nanda-kumara alternate, a round ring of lightnings
and heavy clouds,_
_The fair Braj girls and the dusky Krishnas, like to a gold
and sapphire necklace._

The _Rās Maṇḍala_ thus described is the exact equivalent of the 'General Dance' to which (in a well-known mediæval carol, 'To-morrow will be my Dancing Day') Christ invites the souls of men,--for the words of the carol see G. R. S. Mead, in 'The Quest,' October, 1910.

8. _Vasanta Rāg_.

9. Cf. _Indian Drawings_, II, PI. 2.

MĀNA

Wilfulness

This affection of a heroine is something compound of pride, disdain, offense and coldness: a hardening of heart (cf. _hṛdaya-granthih_). The soul's contraction though the voice of God is heard,--she will not open her doors.