[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) › 2.41 # Kavyadarsha 2.41 Kāvyādarśa 2.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.41) candrabimbād ivotkīrṇaṃ padmagarbhādivoddhṛtam & tava tanvaṅgi vadanam ity asau vikriyopamā // > "As if carved from the orb of the moon, as if drawn up from the womb of a lotus, / slender-limbed lady, is your face"—this is a simile of transformation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.40) - [Next: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.42) - [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.2.41) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.41) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.41) · Pramāṇa