[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) › 3.15 # Kavyalankara 3.15 Kāvyālaṅkāra 3.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.15) lakṣaṇaṃ rūpake 'pīdaṃ lakṣyate kāmamatra tu iṣṭaḥ prayogo yugapad upamānopameyayoḥ // > This definition is certainly seen in metaphor as well; but here, / the simultaneous employment of both the standard and object of comparison is desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.14) - [Next: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.16) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha~en-mt.3.15) — 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 ## Linked texts (1) - [Pratāpālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.pratapalankara.27.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.15) · Pramāṇa