[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) › 3.53 # Kavyalankara 3.53 Kāvyālaṅkāra 3.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.53) bhāvikatvamiti prāhuḥ prabandhaviṣayaṃ guṇam pratyakṣā iva dṛśyante yatrārthā bhūtabhāvinaḥ // > They speak of vivid representation (bhāvikatva) as a poetic quality belonging to the entire composition, > wherein past and future things are seen as if right before one's eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.52) - [Next: 3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.54) - [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.3.53) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyādarśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.364) — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.53) · Pramāṇa