[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) › 4.1 # Kavyalankara 4.1 Kāvyālaṅkāra 4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.1) apārthaṃ vyarthamekārthaṃ sasaṃśayamapakramam śabdahīnaṃ yatibhraṣṭaṃ bhinnavṛttaṃ visandhi ca // > Incoherent (apārtha), contradictory (vyartha), tautological (ekārtha), ambiguous (sasaṃśaya), disordered (apakrama), > ungrammatical (śabdahīna), defective in caesura (yatibhraṣṭa), defective in meter (bhinnavṛtta), and defective in euphony (visandhi); > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.58.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.3.58.p1) - [Next: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.2) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha~en-mt.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyādarśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.3.125) — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.1) · Pramāṇa