[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) › 4.2 # Kavyalankara 4.2 Kāvyālaṅkāra 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.2) deśakālakalālokanyāyāgamavirodhi ca pratijñāhetudṛṣṭāntahīnaṃ duṣṭaṃ ca neṣyate // > and contradictory to place, time, arts, the world, logic, and authoritative tradition; > and devoid of thesis, reason, or example—\[such a composition\] is defective and is not approved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.3) - [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.4.2) — 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.28.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.4.2) · Pramāṇa