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# Kavyadarsha 2.4

Kāvyādarśa 2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.4)

svabhāvākhyānam upamā rūpakaṃ dīpakāvṛttī &  
ākṣepo 'rthāntanyāso vyatireko vibhāvanā //

> Natural description, simile, metaphor, illuminator, and repetition;  
> paralipsis, corroboration, contrast, and peculiar causation;  
> — 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.2.4) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.4) — Sanskrit

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