Chapter 17 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 17.12

अतिनासाश्च काश्चिच्च तिर्यङ्नासा अनासिकाः। गजसंनिभनासाश्च ललाटोच्छ्वासनासिकाः॥

atināsāśca kāścicca tiryaṅnāsā anāsikāḥ| gajasaṃnibhanāsāśca lalāṭocchvāsanāsikāḥ||

English Meaning

Some had very big noses, some had crooked and others were without any; some had noses like those of an elephant and others had their noses on their foreheads.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)