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# Kavyalankara 3.13

Kāvyālaṅkāra 3.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.13)

cāṇakyo naktamupayānn andakrīḍāgṛhaṃ yathā  
śaśikāntopalacchannaṃ viveda payasāṃ kaṇaiḥ //

> as when Cāṇakya, entering Nanda's pleasure-house at night, / recognized that it was paved with moonstones from drops of water.  
> — 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.3.13) — 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

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