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# Paumacariya 2.116

Paümacariya 2.116

- **Language:** Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit

### [2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.epic.paumacariya.2.116)

sīhō maēṇa nihaō, sāṇēṇa ya kuñjarō jahā bhaggō  
taha vivarīyaṣayatthaṁ, kaīhi rāmāyaṇaṁ raïyaṁ

> Just as a lion being slain by a deer, and an elephant put to flight by a dog, / so the poets have composed the Rāmāyaṇa with contrary meaning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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