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And he was not afraid to write a masculine character, Krishna, saying to his love fiancé Radha, “Dehi pada pallav mudaram your foot on my head – a sublime flower destroying the poison of love.”
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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And he was not afraid to write a masculine character, Krishna, saying to his love fiancé Radha, “Dehi pada pallav mudaram your foot on my head – a sublime flower destroying the poison of love.”
Sense & Sensuality 2009
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The pallav of my yellow sari flapped in the wind as I darted through the Delhi evening crush-hour.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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The _pallav_ of my yellow sari flapped in the wind as I darted through the Delhi evening crush-hour.
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This saree is made of silk with an ornamented zari pallav and border.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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She had arrived in America from India as a shy bride, and had worn simple cotton saris until I was three years old, when her pallav had gotten caught beneath the base of a merry-go-round at a local street carnival, and she had then decided that she couldn’t possibly be an effective mother if she was constantly worrying about six yards of fabric on her body.
Indie Girl Kavita Daswani 2007
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She had arrived in America from India as a shy bride, and had worn simple cotton saris until I was three years old, when her pallav had gotten caught beneath the base of a merry-go-round at a local street carnival, and she had then decided that she couldn’t possibly be an effective mother if she was constantly worrying about six yards of fabric on her body.
Indie Girl Kavita Daswani 2007
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