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# Kavyadarsha 1.55

Kāvyādarśa 1.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.1.55)

varṇāvṛttir anuprāsaḥ pādeṣu ca padeṣu ca &  
pūrvānubhavasaṃskārabodhinī yady adūratā //

> Alliteration is the repetition of phonemes within metrical quarters and within words, / provided there is not too great a distance, which awakens impressions of previous experience.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa~en-mt.1.55) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ratnaśrī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa!ratnasrijnana.1.55.3) — Ratnaśrījñāna, Sanskrit
- [Hṛdayaṅgamā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa!hrdayangama.55) — Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.1.55) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyādarśa (Daṇḍin of Kāñcī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa-dandin-of-kanci.1.55) — Daṇḍin of Kāñcī, Sanskrit

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