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# Kavyalankara 2.23

Kāvyālaṅkāra 2.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.23)

śīkarāmbhomadasṛjas tuṅgā jaladadantinaḥ  
niryānto madayantīme śakrakārmukavāraṇāḥ //

> Shedding spray as ichor-water, lofty, these cloud-elephants, / issuing forth, intoxicate—these elephants with Indra's rainbow \[as tusks\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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