Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 268

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Their bodies pale with sandalwood, their lower lips soft as a sprout and red with betel, / their eyes with washed-off collyrium, clouded by the shower of fountain-water, / their wet tresses fragrant with flowers within, their garments clean and very fine: / these bring forth the loveliness of beloved women at the departure of afternoon in summer.