[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara) › [General treatises on poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya) › [Kavyalankara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha) › 2.31 # Kavyalankara 2.31 Kāvyālaṅkāra 2.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.31) yathevaśabdau sādṛśyam āhaturvyatirekiṇoḥ dūrvākāṇḍamiva śyāmaṃ tanvī śyāmālatā yathā // > The two words yathā and iva express similarity between distinct things: / "dark like a blade of dūrvā grass" (dūrvākāṇḍamiva śyāmaṃ), "slender as a śyāmā vine" (tanvī śyāmālatā yathā). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.30) - [Next: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.32) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha~en-mt.2.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.31) · Pramāṇa