I read a sentence which was:
Maricha changed himself into a charming golden deer with surpassing beauty.
Could there be "of" instead of "with"?
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Sign up to join this communityIn addition to @CowperKettle's answer:
I'd also asked if the preposition "with" is used absolutely incorrectly here. Bearing in mind the possible date of the earlier translations of the Ramayana epics into English, I wouldn't be too sure of that. Besides, the beauty of the deer was something not related to Miracha himself, and one of the meanings of "with" is "having (something)".
Of course it should be of surpassing beauty. The preposition with would indicate that he used "surpassing beauty" as a tool in order to change himself into a deer.