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Kavyadarsha 2.29

Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial 2.29

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Sanskrit

2.29

sarūpaśabdavācyatvāt sā samānopamā yathā
bālevodyānamāleyaṃ sā(1)la()kā(3)nanaśobhinī //

Because it is expressed by words of identical form, it is the homophonous simile, as in:
"This row of gardens, lovely with its curly foliage, is like a young girl adorned with lovely tresses of hair."

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