Dear list,In a verse in the Madhuravijayam, at nightfall a day is said to seal the lotus bud (which is as it were a chest) with a lakṣma
jātuṣam in the form of a bee. Jātuṣa is a kind of lac as far as we know, but if that is the case how can it be the same colour as a bee? Is there a very dark red lac that could be taken for black, or is this instead a different substance - like perhaps a wax?
The verse is:
अधिपङ्कजकोशमादधे
बहिरालीनमधुव्रतच्छलात् ।
मधुसौरभरक्षणोत्सुका
दिनलक्ष्मीरिव लक्ष्म जातुषम् ॥
I would be grateful for any thoughts.
Thank you
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