Both Uses of
undertone
in
The Ramayana
- (620) And winds that in their caverns moan Sound like the voice's undertone.†
Book 4 *
- She lay and wept and made her moan In sorrow's saddest undertone, And, wild with grief, with fear appalled, On Ráma and his brother called: "O dear Kausalyá,(842) hear me cry!†
Book 5
Definition:
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(undertone as in: a subtle undertone) a subtle characteristic
(a subtle characteristic is less obvious than surrounding characteristics -- though not necessarily less important)