Kavyadarsha 2.78
Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial 2.78
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- Sanskrit
2.78
idam ārdrasmitajyotsnaṃ snigdhanetrotpalaṃ mukham
iti jyotsnotpalā-yogād ayuktaṃ nāma rūpakam //
"This face has cool smile-moonlight, with moist lotus-eyes"— / this is called an inappropriate metaphor, because moonlight and lotuses do not coexist.
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- Kāvyādarśa — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit
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- Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra) — Bhoja, Sanskrit