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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.140

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.140

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.140)

atha (19) avahitthā-  
avahitthākāra-guptir jaihmya-prābhava-nītibhiḥ | 68  
lajjā-sādhvasa-dākṣiṇya-prāgalbhyāpajayādibhiḥ ||

> Now (19) dissimulation (avahitthā):  
> Dissimulation is the concealment of outer expression caused by crookedness, superior dignity, and policy,  
> by shame, dread, politeness, presumption, defeat, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.140.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.140.p1)

anyathā-kathanaṃ mithyā-dhairyam anyatra vīkṣaṇam | 69

> Speaking otherwise, false fortitude, looking elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.140) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.4.67) — Sanskrit

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