[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) › 2.31 # Kavyadarsha 2.31 Kāvyādarśa 2.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.31) brahmaṇo 'py udbhavaḥ padmaś candraḥ śaṃbhuśirodhṛtaḥ & tau tulyau tvanmukheneti sā praśaṃsopamocyate // > "The lotus is the birthplace even of Brahmā; the moon is borne on Śiva's head; > these two are equal to your face": that is called the praise-simile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.30) - [Next: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.32) - [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.2.31) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.31) · Pramāṇa