- 169 - SLOWLY SHE UNDRESSED Slowly she undressed. He looked up, flushed with desire, from her fragrant thighs to her breast. As his gaze rose higher, she took the lotus from her ear, flung it at the lamp, quenching its fire. In vain was her fear: Her girdle^s jewels shone, and showed her clear. BHATTA SRI SIVASVAMIN 0 • Court poet of Avantivarman, ruler of Kashmir (855-884 A.D.) ^TJI^WTO^c^ <^^^<^: \j}) igQwrg^; ^f^r t^y^/ ^nfp^ ^r^^" f^r ^pr ^^r {wr^^ rr^r i^n^ II