Rasarnavasudhakara 2.476
Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.476
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2.476
avahasitam, yathā-
phulla-nāsā-puṭaṃ yat syān nikuñcita-śiro' ṃsakam | 234
jihmāvaloka-nayanaṃ tac cāvahasitaṃ matam ||
A mocking laugh (avahasita), for example:
That which has flared nostrils, contracted head and shoulders, / and eyes casting oblique glances, is considered a mocking laugh. || 234
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yathā-
kharvāṭa-dhammilla-bharaṃ kareṇa
saṃspṛṣṭa-mātraṃ patitaṃ vilokya |
nikuñcitāṃsaṃ kuṭilekṣaṇāntaṃ
phullāgra-nāsaṃ hasitaṃ sakhībhiḥ ||
For example:
"Seeing the bald man's mass of braided hair
fall the moment it was touched by his hand,
her female friends laughed with hunched shoulders,
sidelong glances, and expanded nostril-tips."
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