[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) › [Kavyadarsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa) › 2.13 # Kavyadarsha 2.13 Kāvyādarśa 2.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.13) jātikriyāguṇadravyasvabhāvākhyānam īdṛśam & śāstreṣv asyaiva sāmrājyaṃ kāvyeṣv apy etad īpsitam // > Such is the natural description of genus, action, quality, and substance; > in the scientific treatises it holds absolute sovereignty, and in poetry too it is desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.12) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.14) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa~en-mt.2.13) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.13) · Pramāṇa