Samayamatrika 3.7

3.7

atha svaveśavanitāsāpatnyakalahacyutam .
adṛśyata śaśaṅkārdhaṃ dantapatramivāmabare ..7..

Then, as though fallen in a rivalry's quarrel between the courtesans of heaven and earth, / the half-moon was seen in the sky / like an ivory earring.