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# The Story of Surasundarī 16.56

Surasuṃdarīcariya 16.56

- **Language:** Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit

### [16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.surasundaricariya.16.56)

surasundarīi cintiya bhaṇiyaṁ ēyampi jāṇiyaṁ dēva!  
duvatthaṁ du-samatthaṁ uttaramētthaṁ ‘sa-saṁ-kaṁ’ tē

> Surasundarī reflected and said: "This too is known, O lord! / Two-worded and having two senses, the answer here for you is ‘sa-saṁ-kaṁ’ (with the moon / with doubt)."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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