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# Kavyalankara 1.13

Kāvyālaṅkāra 1.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.1.13)

rūpakādiralaṃkāras tasyānyairbahudhoditaḥ  
na kāntamapi nirbhūṣaṃ vibhāti vanitāmukham //

> Metaphor and other poetic figures have been spoken of variously by others; / a woman's face, even though charming, does not shine without adornment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha~en-mt.1.13) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Bhāmahavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha!udbhata) — Udbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyālaṅkārasāralaghuvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha!induraja) — Indurāja, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Namisādhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha!namisadhu) — Namisādhu, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyālaṃkāraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha!nami) — Nami, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Kāvyaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyaprakasa.2.513) — Mammaṭa & Alaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.8.13) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit
- [Pratāpālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.pratapalankara.25.13) — Sanskrit
- [Vaktroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.vaktroktijivita.2.15) — Kuntakaalias Rājānaka, Sanskrit

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