Natyashastra

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व्याकोशमध्या मधुरा स्थितताराभिलाषिणी । सानन्दाश्रुप्लुता दृष्टिः स्निग्धेयं रतिभावजा ॥ ५६॥

Snigdhā: The Glance which is not much widened (lit. medium widened), is sweet, and in which eyeballs are still, and there are tears of joy, is called Snigdhā (loving); it is used in love (lit. grows out of love).

english translation

vyAkozamadhyA madhurA sthitatArAbhilASiNI । sAnandAzruplutA dRSTiH snigdheyaM ratibhAvajA ॥ 56॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript