[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) › 2.33 # Kavyalankara 2.33 Kāvyālaṅkāra 2.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.33) vatināpi kriyāsāmyaṃ tadvadevābhidhīyate dvijātivadadhīte 'sau guruvaccānuśāsti naḥ // > Similarity in action is likewise expressed by the suffix -vat, / as in: "He studies like a twice-born (dvijātivat); and he instructs us like a teacher (guruvat)." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.32) - [Next: 2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.34) - [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.2.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.33) · Pramāṇa