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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f6.8

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f6.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f6.8)

vrajati mṛdu salīlaṃ rājahaṅsī 'va tanvī,  
trivalilalitamadhyā haṅsavāṇī suveṣā,  
mṛdu śuci laghu bhuṅkte māninī gāḍhalajjā,  
dhavalakusumavāsovallabhā padminī syāt. || 8 ||

> A slender woman who walks gently and playfully like a royal swan, / her waist graceful with three folds, her voice like a swan, well-dressed, / proud, deeply modest, eating gentle, pure, and light food, / fond of white flowers and white clothes—such would be a padminī. || 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.f6.8) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.12.507) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Ratirahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.ratirahasya.1.13) — Kokkoka, Sanskrit

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