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# The Story of Surasundarī 13.117

Surasuṃdarīcariya 13.117

- **Language:** Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit

### [13.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.surasundaricariya.13.117)

iya bhaṇamāṇaṁ mannē jhīṇaṁ majjhaṁ tu tīi bālāē  
ahavā aviṇīyajaṇē uvaēsō lahuyayaṁ kuṇaï

> Saying thus, as it were, that maiden's waist was slender; / or rather, instruction given to ill-mannered people only produces insignificance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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