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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 228

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 228

- **Language:** Sanskrit

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agrāhyā mūrdhajeṣvetāḥ striyo guṇasamanvitāḥ /  
na latāḥ pallavacchedam arhantyupavanodbhavāḥ //

> These women, endowed with virtues, are not to be seized by the hair; / creepers growing in a park do not deserve the cutting of their shoots.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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