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# Shatakatraya 2.16

Śatakatraya 2.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.16)

mukhena candra-kāntena mahānīlaiḥ śiroruhaiḥ |  
karābhyāṃ padmarāgābhyāṃ reje ratnamayīva sā ||

> With a face like moonstone, with hair like sapphires, / and with two hands like rubies, she shone as if made of gems.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.16) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.121.4) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.16) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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