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Mālavikāgnimitram, i.17. In Poems from the Sanskrit, trans. John Brough (London: Penguin, 1968), no. 165; as reported in A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations by Alan L. Mackay (Bristol: IOP Publishing, 1991), p. 136.
“One who is blind throws away even a garland of flower placed on his head, thinking it is a snake.”
Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Sign of Shakuntala)
“A jewel is sought after and has not to seek.”
Kumārasambhava, Canto V, 45; translation by M. R. Kale
