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# Kavyalankara 1.26

Kāvyālaṅkāra 1.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.1.26)

vṛttamākhyāyate tasyāṃ nāyakena svaceṣṭitam  
vaktraṃ cāparavaktraṃ ca kāle bhāvyārthaśaṃsi ca //

> In it the hero narrates his own adventures as they happened; / and it contains vaktra and aparavaktra meters, indicating future events at the proper time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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