Kishkindha Kanda 26.28
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Kishkindha Kanda 26 · Verse 28
Sanskrit Original
।। समालम्भनमादाय रोचनां समनश्शिलाम्। आग्मुस्तत्र मुदिता वराः कन्यास्तु षोडश
৷৷ samālambhanamādāya rōcanāṅ samanaśśilām. āgmustatra muditā varāḥ kanyāstu ṣōḍaśa
The monkeys brought a white canopy decorated with gold and two chamaras with glorious golden staff. They also brought jewels, all kinds of medicinal herbs, sprouts, sap from trees, white flowers and white clothes, unguents, garlands of fragrant lotuses that grow on land and water, heavently sandal, fragrants of different kinds, goldcoloured paddy, honey of priyanga, curds, tiger skin and sandals made of boar skin. Then sixteen beautiful, cheerful females appeared with unguent, gorochana mixed with red arsenic (used for putting tilaka on the forehead).